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
- ‘But to the contrary
- the people were sympathetic towards her for having no father and a wastrel of a brother.’
- ‘In those dark days fathers surfaced in politics either as incipient child-abusers
- or alimony-evading wastrels.’
- ‘His prospective employer
- Tony
- is an upper-class wastrel just come into his inheritance.’
- ‘These children
- they said
- were destined to become wastrels
- neurotic misfits or criminals.’
- ‘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.’