sternness
/ˈstəːnnəs/
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American sound/ˈstəːnnəs/
sternness
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ster - nness -> sternness
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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။
လှေ၊ သင်္ဘောပဲ့ပိုင်း။ ပဲ့။ standing at/in the stern of the boat ❍ walk towards the stern of a ship. Compare BOW3 ❍ YACHT
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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
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