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genteel

/dʒɛnˈtiːl/

US pronunciation
American sound/dʒɛnˈtiːl/
dʒɛnˈtiːl
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
2nd syllable stress
Vowel
Long vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

dʒɛn - ˈtiːl -> genteel

Myanmar meaning

(adj) ယဉ်ကျေးဖွယ်ရာသော။မျိုးရိုးကောင်းမှ ဆင်းသက်သော။အထက်အတန်းလွှာတို့၏ နေထိုင်ပြောဆိုပုံကိုတုပသော။

Full entry

genteel / dʒen'ti:l / adj

၁။ (often derog ) ရည်မွန်သော။ She is too genteel for words!
၂။ (dated ) အထက်တန်းလွှာ။ လူကုံထံ။ living in genteel poverty. မရှိမဲ့ရှိမဲ့နှင့် လူကုံထံဂိုက် ဖမ်းနေရတယ်။ genteelly / dʒen'ti: lli /adv

More examples
  • Genteel manners
  • A genteel seaside town
Synonyms
refined, proper, polite, courteous, discreet, well-mannered, mannerly, affected, aristocratic, artificial, chivalrous, civil, condescending, confined, courtly, cultivated, cultured, decorous, distingué, elegant, fashionable, formal, graceful, hollow, intolerant, la-di-da, noble, ostentatious, patronizing, polished, pompous, precious, pretentious, priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, respectable, snobbish, snooty, sophisticated, straitlaced, stuffy, stylish, urbane, well-behaved, well-bred
Antonyms
boorish, callous, modest, rough, rude, rugged, uncivilized, uncultured, unfashionable, unrefined, unsophisticated, vulgar
Cross references
refinedproperpolitecourteousdiscreetwell-manneredmannerlyaffectedaristocraticartificialchivalrouscivilcondescendingconfinedcourtlycultivatedcultureddecorousdistinguéelegantfashionableformalgracefulhollowintolerantla-di-danobleostentatious
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