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stern

/stəːn/

US pronunciation
American sound/stəːn/
stern
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US voice -> stern

Myanmar meaning

(adj) (က) တင်းမာသော။ (ခ) က်ထန်သော။ ခပြင်းထန်သော။ တင်းကျပ်သော။ ကြံ့ခိုင်သော၊မဆုတ်မနစ်ပြုတတ်သော၊မလျှော့သောဇွဲ၊လုံ့လ၊စိတ်ဓာတ်။ မျက်နှာထားတင်းတင်းဖြင့်။ ခက်ထန်ခြင်း။ ထန်ခြင်း။

Full entry

stern1 / stɜ:n / adj (-er,-est)

(က) တင်းမာသော။ ခက်ထန်သော။
a stern face/expression/voice
❍ a stern warning/message ❍ Her father looked rather stern.
(ခ) ပြင်းထန်သော။ တင်းကျပ်သော။ The police are planning sterner measures to combat crime.
❏ be made of sterner stuff [IDM ] ကြံ့ခိုင်သော၊ မဆုတ် မနစ်ပြုတတ်သော၊ မလျှော့သော
(ဇွဲ၊ လုံ့လ၊ စိတ်ဓာတ်)။ Many would have given up, but Tim was made of sterner stuff.
❏ sternly adv မျက်နှာထားတင်းတင်းဖြင့်။
‘Do as I say,’ she said sternly.
❏ sternness n [U] ခက်ထန်ခြင်း။ ထန်ခြင်း။

stern2 /stɜ:n/ n [C]

လှေ၊ သင်္ဘောပဲ့ပိုင်း။ ပဲ့။ standing at/in the stern of the boat ❍ walk towards the stern of a ship. Compare BOW3 ❍ YACHT

More examples
  • A smile suddenly transformed her stern face.
  • The court issued a stern warning to the driver.
  • The president was prepared to resort to stern measures to get his way.
Synonyms
severe, strict, harsh, firm, demanding, unyielding, uncompromising, unsympathetic, hardhearted, austere, afterpart, ascetic, astringent, authoritarian, back, back end, back seat, back side, bitter, breech, breeches, bullheaded, by the book, cruel, disciplinary, dour, dyed-in-the-wool, far end, flinty, forbidding, formidable, frowning, grave, grim, hang-tough, hard, hard-boiled, hard-core, hard-line, hard-nosed, hard-shell, hardheaded, hind end, hind part, hindpart, hindquarters, humorless, implacable, inexorable, inflexible, mortified, mulish, rear, rear end, rear guard, rear-end, rearwards, relentless, rigid, rigorous, rough, serious, somber, steely, stiff-necked, stubborn, tailpiece, tough, unrelenting, unsmiling, unsparing
Antonyms
bland, cheerful, easy, easygoing, flexible, funny, gentle, kind, lenient, light, mild, nice, smiling, soft, tolerant, yielding
Cross references
severestrictharshfirmdemandingunyieldinguncompromisingunsympathetichardheartedaustereafterpartasceticastringentauthoritarianbackback endback seatback sidebitterbreechbreechesbullheadedby the bookcrueldisciplinarydourdyed-in-the-woolfar end
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