uppercut

/ˈʌpəkʌt/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈʌpəkʌt/

uppercut

Syllables: 3 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

up - per - cut -> uppercut

Myanmar meaning

(in boxing) ,(လက်ဝှေ့) ပင့်လက်သီး။

Full entry

unlit / ʌn'lÇt / adj

၁။ (မီး)ထွန်းမထားသော။ မှောင်သော။ an unlit corridor.
၂။ (မီး)ညှိမထားသော။ an unlit cigarette.

More examples

‘And even now, in the dim lighting of her unlit house, Forest could see how much it was killing her to return home.’
‘I don't much like driving in the dark and unfamiliar unlit open road farmland is pretty intimidating.’
‘Every time I visit a friend who works at a major newspaper, I'm amazed: Those places are like mushroom farms, they're so dark and unlit.’
‘Jerin started the car and started home in the dark unlit street.’
‘he asked, his eyes hidden in the shadows of the unlit room.’
‘For example, the few photographs taken inside a dark doorway or unlit shrine exhibit dramatic shadows, but that was because Fagg did not use flashbulbs.’
‘The sight of the average motorist must be fairly good as most of us are able to spot unlit cyclists wearing dark clothes at night.’
‘Even though the path was unlit and almost pitch dark, the stars guided their way.’
‘Dark, unlit and with plenty of shadowy corners.’
‘The hallways were dark and unlit, the rooms unmanned and quiet.’
‘Lighting would also be added to unlit areas, as well as those covered by CCTV.’
‘Iraq appeared a pretty dark, unlit corner last week.’
‘I raced up to get Beth at a speed that probably wasn't safe on those dark, unlit country roads and up the dirt driveway at another, probably unsafe, 30 mph +.’
‘It is dark and unlit with several bends and there are no obstacles or barriers at the side of the road to help you if you get into difficulties.’
‘Meanwhile, all of Africa and large parts of Asia would lie dark and unlit as if during a wartime bombing raid, a fate that one or two places down there would actually be enduring.’
‘He added that girls attending Guide, Brownie and Rainbow sessions were still reliant on parents and guardians for transport and none would be walking along the unlit road after dark.’
‘Still, it was too damned bright and there were only so many books I wanted to read, and I despaired, till I noticed a door to an unlit staircase.’
‘In the darkness, the other unlit buildings were mere shadows compared to the Fortress.’
‘The setting sun deepened the shadows in the doorways and made the unlit stairway as dark as the night.’
‘She was then grabbed from behind before being pushed into an unlit dark alleyway.’

Synonyms

dark, darkened, poorly lit, dim, pitch-black, murky, gloomy, ambiguous, amphibological, aphotic, ashen, atramentous, black, blackish, bleak, blind, blurred, caliginous, cheerless, cimmerian, cloud over, cloud up, clouded, clouded over, cloudy, cold, colorless, crepuscular, darken, dead, dense, desolate, dingy, dismal, drab, dreary, dull, dun, dusk, dusky, equivocal, faded, faint, feeble, flat, foggy, forlorn, fuliginous, funereal, grayed, graying, grimy, hazing, hazy, ill-lighted, indistinct, inky, leaden, lifeless, lightless, low, lurid, make dim, matte, misty, mousy, muddy, muffled, muted, nebulous, obfuscated, obfuscous, obscure, ominous, opaque, overcast, overclouded, pitch-dark, pitchy, plain, rayless, sepulchral, shaded, shadowy, shady, sober, soft, softened, somber, sooty, stygian, subdued, subfusc, sunless, tenebrous, toned-down, umbrageous, uncertain, unclear, unexplicit, unilluminated, unintelligible, unlighted, vague, veiled, wintry

Antonyms

active, animated, apparent, bright, brilliant, cheerful, clean, clear, content, distinct, distinguished, encouraged, encouraging, eventful, evident, excited, exciting, exhilarating, explicit, famous, good, happy, hopeful, illuminated, intelligent, interesting, inviting, joyful, keen, knifelike, known, light, lively, lucid, luminous, lustrous, manifest, moral, obvious, perceptible, plain, pleasant, pleased, pointed, quick, radiant, rough, sensitive, serrated, sharp, shining, smart, sparkling, sunny, understood, uplifting, visible, vivacious, vivid, witty