Daily Dawn Vocabulary 16 December 2020 | The following words were taken from the Dawn newspaper on December 16, 2020:
Dawn Vocabulary 16 December 2020 | Urdu Meaning & Sentence Examples
Outburst (noun)
شدید غصہ کا اظہار، غیظ یا غضب کا اظہار خصوصاالفاظ میں، اظہار جذبات، کسی چیزکا اچانک سے ہونا، بھڑک اٹھنا، اُبال
A sudden forceful expression of emotion especially anger Or fit of temper Or violent expression of feeling
Example: Minister’s speech added flame to fires and protestors burnt everything at the spot in outburst.
Synonyms: eruption, frenzy, outbreak, agony, flare, paroxysm, storm, blaze
Antonyms: harmony, peace
Stridently (adverb)
کرختگی کے ساتھ
Forcefully and in a language that does not try to avoid upsetting other people
Example: Traders stridently rejected the lockdown and Standard Operation Procedures of the government that was implemented to contain COVID19.
Synonyms: blatantly, vociferously, harshly, loudly
Antonyms: silently
Aversion (noun)
نفرت، کراہت، منہ موڑنے کا عمل، نظر چرانے کا عمل، کسی تحریک سے گریز کرنے کے لئے ناخوشگوار احساسات
A feeling of repugnance towards something with a desire to avoid or turn from it Or a strong dislike
Example: She has a deep aversion to get up early in the morning.
Synonyms: hostility, disdain, opposition, dislike, distaste, unwillingness, reluctance, detestation, hatred, antipathy
Antonyms: loving, sympathy, delight
Swathe (noun/verb)
ایک لمبی پٹی یا خاص طور پر زمین کا ایک بڑا علاقہ، پٹی سے باندھنا یا لپیٹنا، پٹی باندھنا
A long strip or large area especially of land / to wrap around or cover with cloth
Example: The large swathe was seceded and came into being as Bangladesh on December 16, 1971.
Synonyms: area of land, embosom, enfold, enswathe, cocoon, swaddle, wrap
Antonyms: overt, uncover
Ambush (verb)
دشمن کے انتظارمیں چھپ کر بیٹھنا، گھات لگانا، تاک میں رہنا، گھات لگانے کا عمل
To sudden attack someone after hiding and waiting for them
Example: In rescue operation, SSG of Pakistan’s Army ambushed six militants to kill and rescued 960 lives in Peshawar APS attack on December 16, 2014.
Synonyms: waylay, bushwhack, ambuscade, ensnare, entrap, assail, trap, surprise
Antonyms: release, free
