add insult to injury

US pronunciation

American soundadd insult to injury

addinsulttoinjury

Syllables: 4 syllables
Stress: Use the US audio for stress
Vowel: Spelling-based estimate
Ending: Final y vowel sound

add - insult - to - injury -> add insult to injury

Myanmar meaning

(idm) နာလည်းနာ၊ နံလည်းနံ။

Full entry

add /æd / v

၁။ ~ sth (to sth) ထည့်သည်။ ထည့်ပါ။ ရောသည်။ ရောပါ။ ဖြည့်သည်။ ဖြည့်ပါ။ Whisk the egg and then add the flour. ❍ If the tea is too strong, add some more water. ❍ He added his signature to the petition. ❍ Many words have been added to this edition of the dictionary.
၂။ ~ A to B; A and B (together) ပေါင်းသည်။ ပေါင်း ပါ။ If you add 5 and 5 (together) you get 10. ❍ Add 9 to the total. Compare SUBTRACT
၃။ ~ sth (to sth) တိုးသည်။ ဖြည့်သည်။ ဆက်ပြောသည်။ This was an added (ie an extra, a further) disappointment. ❍ I have nothing to add (to my earlier statement). ❍ 'And don't be late,' she added. ❍ As a postscript to his letter he added that he loved her.
❏ add fuel to the flames [IDM ] မီးလောင်ရာ လေပင့် လိုက်သည်။
❏ add sth in [PHRV ] လောင်းသည်။ ထည့်သည်။ Should you add in the lemon juice before or after mixing the flour and sugar?
❏ add insult to injury [IDM ] နာလည်းနာ၊ နံလည်းနံ။
❏ add-on n ဆောင်းပေးသည့်ပမာဏ။ add-ons to one's basic pay ❍ an add-on figure.
❏ add sth on to sth [PHRV ] ထပ်ပေါင်းသည်။ add on a 10% service charge.
❏ add to sth [PHRV ] ဆင့်သည်။ တိုးချဲ့သည်။ The bad weather only added to our difficulties. ❍ The house has been added to (ie New rooms, etc have been built on to it) from time to time.
❏ add up [PHRV ] (infml ) ယုတ္တိတန်သည်။ အမြီးအမောက် တည့်သည်။ His story just doesn't add up—he must be lying.
❏ add (sth) up [PHRV ] (ကိန်းဂဏန်းများ) ပေါင်းသည်၊ ပေါင်းပါ။ The waiter can't add up. ❍ Add up all the money I owe you.
❏ add up to sth [PHRV ]
၁။ ပေါင်း၍ အဖြေထွက်သည်။ These numbers add up to exactly 100.
၂။ (infml ) အရာထင်သည်။ အရာရောက်သည်။ These clues don't really add up to very much (ie give us very little information).

More examples

When the sauce is thick, add the cheese.
[add something to something] : They’ve added two major companies to their impressive list of clients.
Here’s another doll to add to your collection.
What do you get if you add 75 and 63?
Children who already know how to add and subtract
The Italian chairs add a touch of elegance.
[add something to something] : Add some sparkle to a black dress with a brightly coloured scarf.
‘Don’t worry, ’ Jenny added hastily.
[add (that)] : I should add that I am not happy about this decision.
[add to] : Add to that the fact that she’s incredibly wealthy, and it just doesn’t make sense.

Synonyms

put in, insert, adjoin, append, affix, attach, include, ADHD, add together, add up, annex, ante, augment, beef up, boost, build up, calculate, cast, charge up, combine, complement, compute, continue, count, count up, cue in, do addition, enhance, enlarge, enumerate, figure, figure in, flesh out, heat up, hike, hike up, hitch on, hook on, hook up with, hyperactiveness, hyperactivity, improve, increase, intensify, jack up, jazz up, join together, pad, parlay, piggyback, plug into, pour it on, reckon, reckon up, reply, run up, say further, short attention span, slap on, snowball, soup up, speed up, spike, step up, sum, summate, supplement, sweeten, swell, tack on, tag, tally, tally up, tot, tot up, total, tote

Antonyms

decrease, deduct, delete, detach, detract, diminish, estimate, guess, halt, lessen, reduce, remove, subtract, withdraw