relent
/rɪˈlɛnt/
US pronunciation
American sound/rɪˈlɛnt/
rɪˈlɛnt
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- 2nd syllable stress
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- Short i vowel
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rɪ - ˈlɛnt -> relent
Myanmar meaning
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၁။ ~ (in sth) အလျှော့ပေးသည်။ လိုက်လျောသည်။ She finally relented and let the children stay up late to watch TV. ❍ The police will not relent in their fight against crime.
၂။ လျော့သည်။ The pressure of this job never relents.
၃။ (ရာသီဥတုဆိုးရွားရာမှ) ကောင်းလာသည်။ (မိုး)စဲသည်၊ တိတ်သည်။ The rain relented just long enough for me to go shopping.
❏ relentless adj
၁။ မရပ်မနား၊ မဆုတ်မနစ်သော။ အတော မသတ်သော။ her relentless pursuit of perfection ❍ relentless questioning/criticism ❍ the relentless heat of the sun.
၂။ မသက်ညှာသော။ အကြင်နာတရားမဲ့သော။ be relentless in punishing offenders ❍ a relentless enemy.
❏ relentlessly adv မရပ်မနား။ မဆုတ်မနစ်။ အတော မသတ်။ မညှာမတာ။
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give in, cave in, change your mind, concede, yield, take a softer line, give up, surrender, acquiesce, be merciful, capitulate, change one's mind, come around, comply, cool it, cry uncle, die away, drop, ease, ease off, ease up on, ebb, fall, fold, forbear, give quarter, give some slack, give way, go along with, go easy on, have mercy, have pity, lay back, let go, let it happen, lighten up, mellow out, melt, moderate, quit, relax, say uncle, show mercy, slacken, slow, soften, subside, sympathize, wane, weaken
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