solemn
/ˈsɒləm/
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American sound/ˈsɒləm/
solemn
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so - lemn -> solemn
Myanmar meaning
တည်ကြည်၍ ဂုဏ်သိက္ခာရှိသော။ ထုံးတမ်းစဉ်လာဖြစ်သော။ အံ့သြတုန်လှုပ်ဖွယ်ကောင်းသော။ မရီမပြုံး ခပ်တည်တည်နေသော။ တည်ကြည်သော ၊ တည်ငြိမ်သော။ solemn promise တည်ကြည်သော ကတိ။
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၁။ တည်ကြည်လေးနက်သော။ ဣနြေ္ဒရှိသော။ solemn faces ❍ He looked very solemn as I told him the bad news.
၂။ အလေးအနက်ထားသော။ a solemn promise/undertaking/oath/vow.
၃။ ခံ့ညားတည်ငြိမ်သော။ ကျင့်ရိုး ထုံးတမ်းဖြစ်သော။ a solemn procession/ritual/ceremony.
❏ solemnly adv တည်ကြည်စွာ။ လေးလေးနက်နက်။ speak/nod/watch/listen solemnly ❍ Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth?
More examples
- ‘It's a solemn, formal occasion witnessed with pride by family and friends.’
- ‘As Big Ben struck quarter-to-noon the solemn music of the approaching procession outside became more audible.’
- ‘We went then from the cold church in solemn procession, singing litanies into the thin air.’
- ‘A splendid orchestra and chorus group set up a solemn and glorious atmosphere for the play.’
- ‘There were, of course, the solemn ceremonies at the parish church, the best attended of the year after Christmas.’
- ‘The funeral procession was solemn but lofty, as befit the prince.’
- ‘Across the Potomac, an equally solemn ceremony took place this morning at the World War II Memorial.’
- ‘Organ music at the Mass set a solemn tone, but the day's ceremonies ended on a festive note, with fireworks and a ball under the stars.’
- ‘The American National Anthem will be played followed by solemn music during the ceremony instead of the usual marches.’
- ‘In a symbolic gesture one of his sculptures was uncovered in a solemn ceremony.’
- ‘In the solemn atmosphere of the memorial ceremony, many victims' relatives were unable to contain their emotions as they remembered their loved ones.’
- ‘Yet, while magic had not lost its potency or usefulness, most of its solemn pomp and ceremonial value was long gone.’
- ‘The officers who took part in the solemn ceremony pointed out that they ‘had laid down their lives today for the sake of our tomorrow’.’
- ‘The committee proposes that couples should be free to choose where they want to get married, though the location must not detract from the solemn nature of the ceremony.’
- ‘Graduation and similar ceremonies should be solemn, with the national flag raised at the front.’
- ‘More than 200 people attended a solemn ceremony at the City Hall Memorial Garden to honour Hong Kong's war dead.’
- ‘Rochdale remembered its war dead in solemn ceremonies throughout the borough.’
- ‘A band blows solemn notes as two riders on magnificently caparisoned horses trot to the president's box, salute, and trot back to raucous cheers.’
- ‘The enormous space which had before seemed cathedral-like in its solemn majesty and timelessness, now resembled the aftermath of a hurricane or earthquake.’
- ‘A record number of veterans brought a forest of flags to a former Second World War prisoner-of-war camp for a solemn ceremony to remember fallen comrades.’
Synonyms
somber, grave, serious, sober, sad, glum, formal, august, austere, awe-inspiring, brooding, ceremonial, ceremonious, cold sober, conventional, deliberate, devotional, dignified, divine, downbeat, earnest, firm, full, funereal, grand, hallowed, heavy, holy, humorless, imposing, impressive, intense, lugubrious, magnificent, majestic, matter of life and death, momentous, moody, no fooling, no-nonsense, official, ostentatious, overwhelming, pensive, plenary, portentous, quiet, reflective, religious, reverential, ritual, sacred, sanctified, sedate, sincere, staid, stately, stern, thoughtful, venerable, weighty
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