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contrite

/kənˈtrʌɪt/

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

kən - ˈtrʌɪt -> contrite

Myanmar meaning

(adj) နောင်တရသော။

Full entry

contrite /'kɒntraÇt, kǝn'traÇt/ adj (fml ) နောင်တရသော။

a contrite apology/ manner ❍ Gloria looked contrite, even distressed. contritely adv
❏ contrition /kǝn'trÇʃn/ n [U] နောင်တ။ နောင်တပူပန်။ tears of contrition.
❏ contrivance /kǝn'traÇvǝns/ n (fml )
၁။ [C] ကြံဖန် တီထွင်ထားသော ကိရိယာ၊ တန်ဆာပလာ။ a contrivance for cutting curved shapes.
၂။ [U] (က) ဖန်တီးနိုင်မှု စွမ်းရည်၊ စွမ်းပကား။ Some things are beyond human contrivance. (ခ) စီမံလုပ်ဆောင်နည်း အဆင့်ဆင့်။ the contrivance of an effective method.
၃။ (က) [C] ပိပိရိရိ အကွက်ဆင်ခြင်း။ လှည့်ကွက်။ an ingenious contrivance to get her to sign the document without reading it.
(ခ) [U] တော်သော်လည်း မတည်ကြည်သော အမူအကျင့်။ Honesty rather than contrivance is what we expect here.

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  • contrite /'kɒntraÇt, kǝn'traÇt/ adj ( fml ) နောင်တရသော။ a contrite apology/ manner
Synonyms
sorry, remorseful, repentant, regretful, apologetic, penitent, ashamed, attritional, chastened, compunctious, conscience-stricken, humble, penitential, sorrowful
Antonyms
hurtful, impenitent, indifferent, mean, unrepentant
Cross references
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