vicissitude
/vɪˈsɪsɪtjuːd/
US pronunciation
American sound/vɪˈsɪsɪtjuːd/
vɪˈsɪsɪtjuːd
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
vɪ - ˈsɪsɪtjuːd -> vicissitude
Myanmar meaning
Full entry
vicissitude / vÇ'sÇsÇtju:d; US -tu:d / n (usu pl ) (fml )
အကောင်း အဆိုး ပြောင်းလဲတတ်သော လောကဓံ တရား။ သုခ၊ ဒုက္ခ သံသရာ။ try to deal with the vicissitudes of life/ love. လူ့ဘုံ/ ချစ်လောကမှာ ကြုံရလေသမျှကို ရင်ဆိုင်စေခလို။
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- ‘This was partly because, prior to these decades of vicissitudes, the early modern traditions were well established.’
- ‘In any event, Malley began playing open stages, where crowds enthusiastically applauded her take on the vicissitudes of love.’
- ‘If there's a common thread running through Payne's films it is a strong sardonic sense of humour through which characters embrace life's vicissitudes.’
- ‘Their crass intrusion into these areas as the face of public authority claiming to protect women from the vicissitudes of interpersonal strife is destined to end in disaster.’
- ‘Mick seems typical of those noble people, the ethnic Irish in Britain, who retain a love of Ireland and face life's vicissitudes with a smile.’
- ‘This contrast underscores the insulation which the Indian economy had enjoyed from the vicissitudes of world capitalism.’
- ‘Perhaps nothing can demonstrate the city's vicissitudes better than the changes of its landmarks.’
- ‘If that isn't an antidote to the vicissitudes of life, then what is?’
- ‘Governments cannot protect citizens from all the circumstances and vicissitudes of life.’
- ‘He is as sharp a chronicler of the vicissitudes of love as he ever was.’
- ‘If they speak to women readers of their personal vicissitudes in a way that is helpful, if they offer incantations for women to use in time of trouble, so much the better.’
- ‘Yet the singer grew up watching what those did to her divorced parents, and has since seen her brother grappling with the vicissitudes of celebrity and fleeting chart success.’
- ‘However, such were the vicissitudes of English fortunes that the link with wealth was far more complex than King and Defoe appeared to recognize.’
- ‘No matter what fate threw his way - war, the vicissitudes of commerce, the long arm of illness - Jim lived every day as if it were his last.’
- ‘The concern for security was also a major point when I moved in three years ago (more on its vicissitudes later).’
- ‘It is possible there may have been several vicissitudes of changes wrought upon the same part of the Earth.’
- ‘He took refuge in booze and the beginnings of drug availability, and was headed, if not for catastrophe, at least for significant vicissitudes.’
- ‘Once again we see how the fortunes of modern European science intertwined with the vicissitudes of colonial expansion.’
- ‘Prevailing orthodoxy is that children are psychically frail creatures who require constant protection to cope with life's vicissitudes.’
- ‘These are the vicissitudes of all life forms, including humans.’
Synonyms
about-face, alteration, alternation, change, diversity, flip-flop, fluctuation, innovation, mid-course correction, mutability, mutation, novelty, permutation, progression, reversal, revolution, shift, sport, switch, switchover, transposition, turnaround, uncertainty, ups and downs, variation, variety
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