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earnest

/ˈəːnɪst/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈəːnɪst/
earnest
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2 syllables
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ear - nest -> earnest

Myanmar meaning

(adj) အလွန် အလေးအနက်ထားသော။ အလွန်စိတ် ထက်သန်သော။ (n) [sing] (fml) ရှေ့ပြေးနိမိတ်။

Full entry

earnest1 /'ɜ:nÇst/ adj

အလွန် အလေးအနက်ထားသော။ အလွန်စိတ် ထက်သန်သော။
a terribly earnest young woman ❍ an earnest conversation/expression.
❏ in (deadly) earnest [IDM ]
၁။ အပြင်းအထန် အသည်း အသန်။ သဲကြီးမဲကြီး။ The publicity campaign will begin in earnest next month. ❍ It's beginning to snow in earnest (ie heavily).
၂။ လေးလေးနက်နက်။ အတည်။
You may laugh, but I'm in deadly earnest. earnestly adv : He spoke very earnestly. ❍ I earnestly beg you to reconsider your decision. earnestness n [U]

earnest2 /'ɜ:nÇst/ n [sing] (fml )

ရှေ့ပြေးနိမိတ်။
The weapons were ceremoniously destroyed as an earnest of their avowed intention.

More examples
  • An earnest young man
  • Earnest discussions
Synonyms
serious, solemn, grave, sober, intense, deep, accreditation, adumbration, affiance, ardent, busy, certification, close, constant, determined, devoted, diligent, down payment, ducat, eager, earnest money, exemplification, fervent, fervid, firm, fixed, for real, gage, guarantee, heartfelt, hostage, impassioned, indication, indicia, industrious, installment, intent, intentness, keen, mean business, meaningful, no-fooling, no-nonsense, official document, partial payment, passionate, pawn, perseverant, playing hard ball, pledge, prefiguration, promise, purposeful, recognizance, resolute, resolved, sacred word, sacrificial lamb, safeness, safety measure, safety measures, security, security deposit, sedate, sedulous, serious-mindedness, seriousness, shingle, shingles, signifier, sincere, sober-mindedness, solemn word, somber, stable, staid, steady, sticker, strong, testament, thoughtful, token, urgent, vehement, very enthusiastic, warm, warrant, weighty, wholehearted, zealous
Antonyms
apathetic, changeable, cold, cool, dispassionate, flippant, frigid, frivolous, inconstant, indifferent, insincere, irresolute, loose, superficial, thoughtless, trivial, unconcerned, unenthusiastic, unexcited, unfixed, unimportant, unpassionate, unpurposeful, unserious, unstable, unsteady, unthoughtful, untrustworthy, wavering, weak, wobbly
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