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ignorant
نادان
(adjective) unaware, unknowing Synonyms: apprenticed, benighted, birdbrained, blind to, cretinous, dense, green, illiterate, imbecilic, inexperienced, innocent, insensible, in the dark, mindless, misinformed, moronic, naive, nescient, oblivious, obtuse, shallow, thick, unconscious, unconversant, uncultivated, uncultured, uneducated, unenlightened, uninformed, uninitiated, unintellectual, unknowledgeable, unlearned, unlettered, unmindful, unread, unschooled, unsuspecting, untaught, untrained, unwitting, witless Antonyms: aware, competent, educated, intelligent, knowledgeable, literate, talented, wise - learned in sciences but ignorant in literature - دانشمند در علوم و ناآگاه در ادبیات - an ignorant shepherd - شبان نافرهیخته - ignorant societies - جوامع ناآگاه - Ignorant rulers who ruined the country. - حکمرانان نادانی که کشور را به ویرانی کشاندند. - his ignorant treatment of foreigners - رفتار جاهلانهی او با خارجیان - He was completely ignorant of his mother's cancer. - او اصلاً از سرطان مادرش بیاطلاع بود. - I am ignorant of what happened. - از آنچه که گذشت بیخبرم.
immortal
ابدی، فناناپذیر، جاویدان، جاوید
(adjective) death-defying, imperishable Synonyms: abiding, amaranthine, ceaseless, constant, deathless, endless, enduring, eternal, evergreen, everlasting, incorruptible, indestructible, indissoluble, interminable, lasting, never-ceasing, never-ending, perdurable, perennial, permanent, perpetual, phoenixlike, sempiternal, timeless, undying, unfading Antonyms: destructible, ephemeral, human, mortal, perishable (adjective) famous Synonyms: celebrated, eminent, epic, genius, glorious, heroic, illustrious, laureate, paragon, storied Antonyms: infamous, insignificant, mortal, unimportant, unknown - God is immortal. - خداوند جاودان است. - existance and realm that is immortal - (ناصرخسرو) بقایی و ملکی که نا اسپری است - his immortal longings - آرزوهای همیشگی او - the immortal poet - شاعر جاوید نام - the abode of the immortals - جایگاه خدایان - Sa'di's immortality - جاودانگی سعدی
assuage
آرام کردن، تخفیف دادن
(verb) soothe, relieve Synonyms: allay, alleviate, appease, calm, compose, conciliate, cool, ease, fill, lessen, lighten, lull, make nice, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, pour oil on, propitiate, quench, quiet, sate, satisfy, soften, still, surfeit, sweeten, take the edge off, take the sting out, temper, tranquilize Antonyms: exacerbate, upset - Nothing could assuage the pain of being separated from her. - هیچچیز درد فراق او را تسکین نمیداد. - Her thirst for knowledge could never be assuaged. - عطش او برای دانش هرگز فرو نمینشست.
expiation
کفاره دادن
loquacious
پرگو، وراج، پرحرف
(adjective) talkative Synonyms: babbling, chattering, chatty, fluent, gabby, garrulous, gossipy, jabbering, long-winded, loose-lipped, motormouth, multiloquent, prolix, verbose, voluble, wordy, yacking Antonyms: quiet, restrained, silent, subdued
marginal
حاشیه، حاشیهای، کناری
ناچیز، کم، کماهمیت، جزئی، اندک
فرعی، جنبی، جانبی
(بازرگانی، اقتصاد) نهایی
حاشیهای، میان مرزی، بینابینی، محل مناقشه
(مجلس) کرسی حاشیهای، کرسی میانمرزی
(adjective) borderline; slight Synonyms: bordering, insignificant, low, minimal, minor, negligible, on the edge, peripheral, rimming, small, verging Antonyms: central, core, interior, internal
- marginal notes
- حواشی
- have a marginal effect on something
- تأثیر کمی بر چیزی داشتن
- marginal land
- زمین نیمهبایر، زمین نیمهکشاورزی، زمین کممحصول
adjuration
تحلیف، سوگند، قسم، لابه، التماس
- against his lawyer’s adjuration
- برخلاف دستور صریح وکیلش
dreary
دلتنگکننده، مایه افسردگی
(adjective) gloomy, lifeless Synonyms: black, blah, bleak, boring, cheerless, colorless, comfortless, damp, depressing, depressive, dingy, dismal, dispiriting, doleful, downcast, drab, dull, forlorn, funereal, glum, humdrum, joyless, lonely, lonesome, melancholy, monotonous, mournful, oppressive, pedestrian, raw, routine, sad, somber, sorrowful, tedious, uneventful, uninteresting, wearisome, windy, wintry, wretched Antonyms: bright, clear, happy, light, pleasant - the dreary sketch of jobless people in a breadline - تصویر غمانگیز افراد بیکار در صف نان - a dreary scene of abandoned farm houses - صحنهی اندوهبار خانههای روستایی متروکه - The workers who led dreary lives. - کارگرانی که زندگی ملالت باری داشتند.
callous
سفت، پینهخورده، بیحس، بیعاطفه، سنگدل، بیحس کردن، پینهزدن، پنبهای
(adjective) cruel, insensitive Synonyms: apathetic, blind to, careless, case-hardened, cold, cold-blooded, deaf to, hard, hard-bitten, hard-boiled, hardened, hardhearted, heartless, impassive, impenitent, indifferent, indurated, inflexible, insensate, insensible, insensitive, insentient, inured, obdurate, soulless, spiritless, stiff, stony, stubborn, thick-skinned, torpid, tough, toughened, unaffected, unbending, uncaring, uncompassionate, unconcerned, unfeeling, unimpressionable, unresponsive, unsusceptible, unsympathetic Antonyms: compassionate, feeling, kind, nice, sensitive, sympathetic, tender - The new shoes made his feet calloused and painful. - کفشهای نو پاهای او را پینهزده و دردناک کرد. - The old man's hands were rough and full of callouses (calluses). - دستان پیرمرد زبر و پر از پینه بود. - His behavior towards prisoners was callous and inhumane. - رفتار او با زندانیان بیرحمانه و غیرانسانی بود.
discount
(مالی، بازرگانی) تخفیف، تنزیل
(مبلغ) کم کردن، کسر کردن، (کالا) تخفیف دادن، با تخفیف فروختن، (چک، سفته) (پیش از سر رسید) نقد کردن، خُرد کردن
(خبر، داستان) یکجا باور نکردن، جدی نگرفتن، نادیده گرفتن، اهمیت ندادن به
(noun) reduction in cost Synonyms: abatement, allowance, commission, concession, cut, cut rate, decrease, deduction, depreciation, diminution, drawback, exemption, knock-off, markdown, modification, percentage, premium, qualification, rebate, remission, rollback, salvage, something off, subtraction, tare Antonyms: increase, mark-up, premium, rise (verb) lower, reduce cost Synonyms: abate, allow, deduct, depreciate, diminish, hold a sale, knock off, make allowance for, mark down, modify, rebate, redeem, remove, sell at discount, strike off, subtract, take away, take off, undersell Antonyms: increase, mark up, raise (verb) ignore; treat as insignificant Synonyms: belittle, blink at, brush off, depreciate, derogate, detract from, disbelieve, discredit, dispraise, disregard, doubt, fail, forget, minimize, mistrust, neglect, omit, overlook, overpass, pass over, question, reject, scoff at, scout, slight Antonyms: attend, pay attention, recognize - At this shop they give discounts to students. - در این مغازه به دانشآموزان تخفیف میدهند. - discount for cash - تخفیف خرید نقدی - be at a discount - (کالا) زیر قیمت بودن، تخفیف داشتن، خریدار نداشتن، فراوان بودن، (مجازی) بیارزش بودن، ارزان بودن - the discount price - قیمت کاهشیافته، قیمت کالا پس از تخفیف
ostentatious
متظاهر، خودنما، خودفروش
(adjective) flashy, showy Synonyms: boastful, chichi, classy, conspicuous, crass, dashing, egotistic, exhibitionistic, extravagant, flamboyant, flatulent, flaunted, fussy, garish, gaudy, gay, glittery, grandiose, highfaluting, jaunty, loud, obtrusive, peacocky, pompous, pretentious, spectacular, splashy, splurgy, sporty, swank, swanky, theatrical, tinsel, tony, uptown, vain, vulgar Antonyms: modest, plain, quiet, reserved
thwart
بینتیجه گذاردن، خنثی کردن، حائل کردن، عقیم گذاردن، مخالفت کردن با، انسداد اریب، کج، در سرتاسر (چیزی) ادامه دادن یا کشیدن
(verb) stop, hinder Synonyms: baffle, balk, beat, bilk, check, circumvent, confuse, counter, crab, cramp, crimp, cross, curb, dash, defeat, disappoint, ditch, dodge, double-cross, duck, foil, foul up, frustrate, give the slip, hold up, impede, louse up, match, obstruct, oppose, outwit, pit, play off, prevent, queer, restrain, ruin, scotch, skin, snafu, stymie, take down, take wind out of, trammel, upset, upset one’s apple cart Antonyms: aid, assist, encourage, forward, help - All the priests in the world have not been able to thwart lovers. - همهی کشیشهای دنیا هم نتوانستهاند جلو عشاق را بگیرند. - He did not dare to thwart the whims of the king. - او جرئت نکرد که با هوسهای سلطان مخالفت کند.
distress
پریشانی، اندوه، محنت، تنگدستی، درد، مضطرب کردن، محنتزده کردن
(noun) pain, agony Synonyms: ache, affliction, anguish, anxiety, bad news, blues, care, concern, cross, dejection, desolation, disappointment, discomfort, disquietude, dolor, embarrassment, grief, headache, heartache, heartbreak, irritation, malaise, misery, mortification, ordeal, pang, perplexity, sadness, shame, sorrow, stew, suffering, throe, torment, torture, trial, tribulation, trouble, twinge, unconsolability, unhappiness, vexation, visitation, woe, worriment, worry, wretchedness Antonyms: comfort, happiness, health, pleasure (noun) hardship, adversity Synonyms: bad luck, bummer, calamity, can of worms, catastrophe, crunch, destitution, difficulty, disaster, downer, drag, exigency, hard knocks, hard time, holy mess, hot water, indigence, jam, misfortune, need, pickle, pinch, poverty, privation, rigor, rotten luck, scrape, straits, throe, ticklish spot, tough break, tough luck, trial, trouble, unholy mess, vicissitude, want Antonyms: advantage, benefit, miracle (verb) worry, upset Synonyms: afflict, aggrieve, agonize, ail, be on one’s case, bother, break, bug, burn up, depress, desolate, discombobulate, disquiet, disturb, do a number on, dog, eat, get, get to, give a hard time, grieve, harass, harry, hound, hurt, injure, irk, irritate, make it tough for, miff, nag, needle, nit-pick, oppress, pain, peeve, perplex, pester, pick on, plague, push, push buttons, rack, sadden, strain, strap, stress, tick off, torment, torture, trouble, try, vex, weigh, wound Antonyms: assist, calm, comfort, help, soothe - The sight of blood always distressed him. - دیدن خون همیشه او را آزار میداد. - the distressing news of a flood in Ghohrood - خبر رنجآور سیل در قهرود - Please don't distress yourself! - خواهش میکنم دلواپس نشوید! (نگران نباشید!) - The company was in a distressed condition. - شرکت دچار درماندگی شده بود. - His death was a great distress to his class- mates. - مرگ او موجب اندوه فراوان همکلاسیهای او شد. - distress caused by famine - شداید ناشی از قحطی - boasting about friendship and brotherhood / amidst distraction and distress - لاف یاری و برادرخواندگی / در پریشانحالی و درماندگی - Some runners showed signs of distress. - در برخی از دوندگان علایم خستگی دیده میشد. - a distress sale - حراج از روی ناچاری - a distress signal - علامت اضطرار (یا خطر)
raillery
شوخی، استهزا، سرزنش، انتقاد، توبیخ
exasperate
خشمگین کردن، از جا در بردن، اوقات تلخی کردن کردن، برانگیختن، بدتر کردن، تشدیدکردن، خشمگین
(verb) upset, provoke Synonyms: aggravate, agitate, anger, annoy, bug, disturb, drive up the wall, embitter, enrage, exacerbate, excite, gall, get, get under one’s skin, incense, inflame, infuriate, irk, irritate, madden, make waves, needle, nettle, peeve, pique, rankle, rile, roil, rouse, T-off, try the patience of, vex, work up Antonyms: calm, comfort, ease, placate, please, soothe
- His laziness exasperated his teacher.
- تنبلی او آموزگارش را از کوره بهدر برد.
feckless
بیاثر، سست، ضعیف
بیارزش، بیاهمیت، عاری از مسئولیت، سهلانگار
(adjective) without purpose Synonyms: aimless, carefree, careless, feeble, fustian, futile, good-for-nothing, hopeless, incautious, incompetent, ineffective, ineffectual, irresponsible, meaningless, reckless, shiftless, uncareful, useless, weak, wild, worthless Antonyms: competent, effective, effectual, efficient, purposeful, responsible, strong, useful
stigma
کلاله، داغ، داغ ننگ، لکه ننگ، برآمدگی، خال
(noun) shame Synonyms: bar sinister, besmirchment, black mark, blame, blemish, blot, brand, disfigurement, disgrace, dishonor, imputation, lost face, mark, odium, onus, reproach, scar, slur, spot, stain, taint Antonyms: credit, pride
- the stigma of having a gambling father
- ننگ داشتن پدری قمارباز
attenuate
رقیق کردن، نازک کردن، لاغر کردن، سبک کردن، تقلیل دادن
ضعیف شدن
(verb) weaken Synonyms: abate, constrict, contract, cripple, debilitate, deflate, disable, dissipate, enfeeble, extenuate, lessen, mitigate, sap, shrink, thin, undermine, vitiate Antonyms: expand, increase, intensify, strengthen - Illness had attenuated her. - بیماری او را نحیف کرده بود. - Nothing could attenuate the intensity of the enemy's attack. - هیچچیز نمیتوانست شدت حملهی دشمن را کاهش دهد.
enigmatic
معمایی، مبهم
(adjective) mysterious Synonyms: ambiguous, cryptic, dark, Delphian, doubtful, enigmatical, equivocal, incomprehensible, indecipherable, inexplicable, inscrutable, obscure, occult, oracular, perplexing, puzzling, recondite, secret, sphinxlike, stickling, stumping, teasing, uncertain, unfathomable, unintelligible Antonyms: clear, known, obvious, plain (adjective) mysterious Synonyms: ambiguous, cryptic, dark, Delphian, doubtful, equivocal, incomprehensible, indecipherable, inexplicable, inscrutable, obscure, occult, oracular, perplexing, puzzling, recondite, secret, Sibylline, sphinxlike, stickling, stumping, teasing, uncertain, unfathomable, unintelligible Antonyms: clear, obvious, unmysterious - Mona Lisa's enigmatic smile - لبخند معمایی مونالیزا - Some of the ambassador's statements were enigmatic. - برخی از اظهارات آن سفیر گیجکننده بود.
condemn
محکوم کردن، تخطئه کردن، نکوهیدن، سرزنش کردن، مقصر شمردن، مطرود دانستن، (ابزار ساختمان، دستگاه و غیره) از رده خارج کردن، کنار گذاشتن، غیرقابل استفاده دانستن، معیوب دانستن
(پزشکی) (بیمار) جواب کردن، علاجناپذیر دانستن
(اموال، املاک و غیره) مصادره کردن، ضبط کردن
رسوا کردن، لو دادن
(verb) blame, convict Synonyms: adjudge, belittle, blow whistle on, call down, castigate, censure, chide, come down on, criticize, damn, decry, denounce, denunciate, deprecate, depreciate, disapprove, disparage, doom, find fault with, find guilty, frame, hang something on, judge, knock, lay at one’s door, let have it, name, pass sentence on, pin it on, point finger at, pronounce, proscribe, punish, put away, put down, reprehend, reproach, reprobate, reprove, send up, send up the river, sentence, skin, thumbs down on, upbraid Antonyms: absolve, acquit, approve, clear, discharge, exonerate, free, pardon, release, set free - the condemned man - مرد محکوم - He was condemned to life imprisonment. - محکوم به زندان ابد شد.
impugn
موردانتقاد و پرسش قرار دادن، (امانت و غیره را) موردتردید قرار دادن، رد کردن، اعتراض کردن (به)، تکذیب کردن، عیبجویی کردن، مورداعتراض قرار دادن
(در اصل) مورد ضرب و جرح قرار دادن
(verb) criticize, challenge Synonyms: assail, attack, blast, break, call into question, cast aspersions upon, cast doubt upon, come down on, contradict, contravene, cross, cut to shreds, deny, disaffirm, dispute, gainsay, knock, negate, negative, oppose, pin something on, put down, question, resist, run down, skin alive, slam, smear, stick it to, swipe at, tar, throw doubt on, throw the book at, thumb nose at, traduce, trash, traverse, zap, zing Antonyms: flatter, praise - to impugn one's honesty. - صداقت کسی را زیر سؤال بردن. - I don't mean to impugn his motives. - منظورم این نیست که نیت او را مورد تردید قرار بدهم.
elaborate
استادانه درستشده، بهزحمت درستشده، بهزحمت ساختن، دارای جزئیات، بادقت شرح دادن
(adjective) intricate; involved Synonyms: busy, careful, complex, complicated, decorated, detailed, elegant, embellished, exact, extensive, extravagant, fancy, fussy, garnished, highly wrought, high tech, imposing, knotty, labored, labyrinthine, luxurious, many-faceted, minute, ornamented, ornate, ostentatious, overdone, overworked, painstaking, perfected, plush, posh, precise, prodigious, refined, showy, skillful, sophisticated, studied, thorough, with all the extras, with all the options, with bells and whistles Antonyms: general, normal, plain, regular, simple, uncomplicated, unelaborate, uninvolved, usual (verb) make detailed; expand Synonyms: amplify, bedeck, clarify, comment, complicate, deck, decorate, develop, devise, discuss, embellish, enhance, enlarge, evolve, expatiate, explain, expound, flesh out, garnish, improve, interpret, ornament, particularize, polish, produce, refine, specify, unfold, work out Antonyms: make simple, simplify - This motor has a very elaborate structure. - این موتور ساختمان بسیار پیچیدهای دارد. - an elaborate network of tunnels - شبکهی تودرتوی تونلها - elaborate plans - نقشههای دقیق - an elaborate list of the company's customers - فهرست مفصلی دربارهی مشتریان شرکت - Some of these points must be further eleborated. - بایستی توضیحات بیشتری دربارهی برخی از این نکات داد. - He never elaborated on that rumor. - او هرگز دربارهی آن شایعه وارد جزئیات نشد. - The Japanese took this simple idea and elaborated it. - ژاپنیها این فکر ساده را گرفتند و روی آن سخت کار کردند. - Plants elaborate organic compounds from inorganic by means of photosynthesis. - گیاهان با فروغآمایی (فتوسنتز) از مواد غیرآلی مواد آلی میسازند.
pejorative
تنزلدهنده، تحقیرآمیز، واژه تحقیری
(adjective) negative, belittling Synonyms: debasing, deprecatory, depreciatory, derisive, derogatory, detracting, detractive, detractory, disadvantageous, disparaging, irreverent, rude, slighting, uncomplimentary, unpleasant Antonyms: complimentary, positive, praising - Nowadays the word "poetaster" has become pejorative. - واژهی «poetaster» امروزه معنی منفی دارد. - The word "abnormal" is a bit pejorative but the word "paranormal" is not. - واژهی «abnormal» کمی بد چم است؛ ولی واژهی «paranormal» اینطور نیست. - In referring to our enemies, we should not use pejorative words. - ما نباید در اشاره به دشمنان خود واژههای زشت به کار ببریم.
blithe
مهربان، خوشقلب، خوش، آدم شوخ و مهربان، مهربانی، دوستانه، نرم و ملایم، شوخ، شاددل
(adjective) happy Synonyms: animated, buoyant, carefree, cheerful, cheery, chirpy, gay, gladsome, gleeful, jaunty, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, lighthearted, merry, mirthful, sprightly, sunny, vivacious Antonyms: heavyhearted, morose, sad, sorrowful, unhappy - I was wrapped in strange feeling of blitheness and dauntlessness. - احساس نشاط و بیباکی عجیبی وجودم را فراگرفت. - He has always proceeded in blithe ignorance. - او همیشه با بیاطلاعی لاقیدانهای کار کرده است. - The blessing of a good health which most people blithely take for granted. - موهبت سلامتی که بیشتر مردم با بیفکری قدر آن را نمیدانند.