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compulsive

/kəmˈpʌlsɪv/

US pronunciation
American sound/kəmˈpʌlsɪv/
kəmˈpʌlsɪv
Syllables
3 syllables
Stress
2nd syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final e often stays silent

kəm - ˈpʌlsɪv -> compulsive

Myanmar meaning

(adj) အလွန်စိတ်ဝင်စားဖွယ်ကောင်း သော။ စွဲသွားစေသော။ တသသဖြစ်စေသော။ အာသာဆန္ဒပြင်းပြ သော။ အာသာဆန္ဒ မ ထိန်းနိုင်သော(လူ)။

Full entry

compulsive /kǝm'pʌlsÇv/ adj

၁။ အလွန်စိတ်ဝင်စားဖွယ်ကောင်း သော။ စွဲသွားစေသော။ တသသဖြစ်စေသော။
The new TV drama is compulsive viewing.
၂။ (က) အာသာဆန္ဒပြင်းပြ သော။
compulsive gambling/eating.
(ခ) အာသာဆန္ဒ မ ထိန်းနိုင်သော(လူ)။
a compulsive eater/liar/gambler. compulsively adv : a compulsively readable book.

More examples
  • His compulsive need to succeed made him unpopular with the rest of the staff.
  • A compulsive eating disorder
  • A compulsive gambler/liar
Synonyms
obsessive, neurotic, habitual, irrational, uncontrollable, attention-grabbing, besetting, compelling, driven, driving, enthusiastic, exciting, gripping, interesting, irresistible, mesmerizing, overwhelming, passionate, thrilling, urgent
Antonyms
apathetic, boring, controlled, easy-going, free, independent, indifferent, unenthusiastic, unexcited
Cross references
obsessiveneurotichabitualirrationaluncontrollableattention-grabbingbesettingcompellingdrivendrivingenthusiasticexcitinggrippinginterestingirresistiblemesmerizingoverwhelmingpassionatethrillingurgentapatheticboringcontrolledeasy-goingfreeindependentindifferentunenthusiastic
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