martyrdom
/ˈmɑːtədəm/
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American sound/ˈmɑːtədəm/
martyrdom
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mar - tyr - dom -> martyrdom
Myanmar meaning
(n) အာဇာနည်အဖြစ်။ အာဇာနည်ဘဝ။
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martyr /'mɑ:tǝ(r)/ n
၁။ အာဇာနည်။ the early Christian martyrs.
၂။ (usu derog ) ကိုယ်ကျိုးစွန့်သည့် လူစွမ်းကောင်းပုံ ဖမ်းနေသူ။ He always acts the martyr when he has to do the housework.
၃။ ~ (to sth ) (infml ) တရှောင်ရှောင် ခံစားနေရသူ။ She's a martyr to rheumatism.
v (usu passive) ယုံကြည်ချက် ပြင်းထန်သူကို ညှဉ်းဆဲ သတ်ဖြတ် သည်။ He was martyred by the Romans.
❏ martyrdom /'mɑ:tǝdǝm/ n [U, C] အာဇာနည်အဖြစ်။ အာဇာနည်ဘဝ။ Joan of Arc suffered martyrdom at the stake (ie by being burnt).
❏ martyred adj (derog ) ကိုယ်ကျိုးစွန့် အနစ်နာခံဟန် ဆောင်သော။ She does everything with a martyred air.
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sufferer for a cause, willing victim, sacrificial victim, sacrifice, afflict, agonize, be on one's case, believer, crucify, cut to the quick, deal a blow, dragoon, dragoons, drive up the wall, eat heart out, fall upon, give no quarter, go for jugular, hit where one lives, hurt, idealist, illtreat, invalid, lay a bad trip on, lean on, leaning on, martyrize, nail to cross, offering, patient, persecute, rack, ransom, sacrificing person, saint, scapegoat, set upon, sing the blues, singing the blues, stew over, strike, sufferer, supporter, take it badly, thumb nose at, torture, try, victim, witness, work over, working over
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sufferer for a causewilling victimsacrificial victimsacrificeafflictagonizebe on one's casebelievercrucifycut to the quickdeal a blowdragoondragoonsdrive up the walleat heart outfall upongive no quartergo for jugularhit where one liveshurtidealistilltreatinvalidlay a bad trip onlean onleaning onmartyrizenail to cross
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