Dictionary entry

Bane

Pronunciation: /beɪn/

Pronunciation

/beɪn/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) ဒုက္ခပေးသောအရာ။ ပြဿနာ။အဆိပ်။ပျက်စီးစေသောအကြောင်း။ (adj) ဆိုးဝါးသော။

Definition

bane /beÇn/ n [sing] the ~ of sb/ sth ဒုကၡေပးေသာအရာ။ ျပႆနာ။ The neighbours' children are the bane of my life. ❍ The poor train service has been the bane of commuters for years. ❏ baneful /-fl/ adj ဆိုးဝါးေသာ။ ဆိုးက်ဳိးျဖစ္ေစေသာ။ the baneful effects of inflation.

Examples

  1. [the bane of] : Noisy and disobedient children are the bane of many mothers.
  2. [the bane of someone’s life/existence] : Paperwork is the bane of my life.