Dictionary entry

Wastrel

Pronunciation: /ˈweɪstr(ə)l/

Pronunciation

/ˈweɪstr(ə)l/

Myanmar Meaning

(rather fml) အပျင်းခိုသူ။ အလကား ဖြုန်းသူ။

Definition

wastrel /'weÇstrǝl/ n ( rather fml ) အပ်င္းခိုသူ။ အလကား ျဖဳန္းသူ။

Examples

  1. ‘But to the contrary
  2. the people were sympathetic towards her for having no father and a wastrel of a brother.’
  3. ‘In those dark days fathers surfaced in politics either as incipient child-abusers
  4. or alimony-evading wastrels.’
  5. ‘His prospective employer
  6. Tony
  7. is an upper-class wastrel just come into his inheritance.’
  8. ‘These children
  9. they said
  10. were destined to become wastrels
  11. neurotic misfits or criminals.’
  12. ‘This is a horribly patronising movie that makes Dublin in 1967 look like a theme-park of amiable drunken wastrels and boozy squawking women in headscarves and ankle socks.’