10 words from this day's editorials with Hindi meaning
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Compelling (adjective)
Meaning: evoking interest, attention, or admiration in a powerfully irresistible way. सम्मोहक
Synonyms: Enthralling, Gripping, Captivating, Riveting, Spellbinding, Mesmerizing
Antonyms: Boring, Tedious, Monotonous, Jejune, Insipid
Example: Her latest book makes compelling reading.
Percolate (verb)
Meaning: spread gradually through an area or group of people. (प्रसारित होना); (of a liquid or gas) filter gradually through a porous surface or substance. रसना
Synonyms: Spread, Permeate, Pervade, Ooze, Trickle, Drip, Seep, Leach
Antonyms: Gush, Flood, Surge
Example: The news has begun to percolate through the staff.
Destitution (noun)
Meaning: poverty so extreme that one lacks the means to provide for oneself दारिद्रय, गरीबी
Synonyms: Impoverishment, Insolvency, Penury, Ruination, Vagrancy
Antonyms: Affluence, Opulence, Luxury, Prosperity
Example: His drinking led him to a life of destitution.
Dismal (adjective)
Meaning: causing a mood of gloom or depression. निराशाजनक
Synonyms: Dreary, Sombre, Desperate, Melancholy
Antonyms: Cheerful, Merry, Jolly, Sunny, Exuberant
Example: Her scheme was a dismal failure.
Deficit (noun)
Meaning: the amount by which something, especially a sum of money, is too small. घाटा, कमी
Synonyms: Shortfall, Deficiency, Debt, Slippage, Paucity
Antonyms: Surplus, Excess, Adequacy, Surfeit
Example: Many countries have a big deficit in food supply.
Downtrodden (adjective)
Meaning: treated badly by people in power कुचला हुआ
Synonyms: Oppressed, Subdued, Repressed, Subjugated, Tyrannized
Antonyms: Respected
Example: The majority of the downtrodden are non-white.
Handy (adjective)
Meaning: convenient to handle or use; useful. सुविधाजनक
Synonyms: Convenient, Utilitarian, Suitable, Helpful
Antonyms: Unhandy, Useless, Inappropriate, Difficult
Example: A good tool-box is a handy thing to have in the house.
Empirical (adjective)
Meaning: based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic. प्रयोगसिद्ध
Synonyms: Pragmatic, Factual, Experimental, Realistic, Observational
Antonyms: Theoretical, Hypothetical, Conjectural, Unsustainable
Example: We now have empirical evidence that the moon is covered with dust.
Elitist (adjective)
Meaning: favoring, advocating, or restricted to an elite and showing disapproval or contempt toward others, especially those considered to belong to a lower social class. संभ्रांतवादी
Synonyms: Aristocratic, Snobbish, Supercilious, Snooty
Antonyms: Equalitarian, Modest, Egalitarian
Example: Learning should no longer be an elitist pastime for the chosen few.
Comprehensive (adjective)
Meaning: Including or dealing with all or nearly all elements or aspects of something. व्यापक, विस्तृत
Synonyms: Extensive, Pervasive, Inclusive, Exhaustive
Antonyms: Limited, Incomplete, Exclusive, Specific
Example: They had a comprehensive discussion on the topic, covering all the aspects.
The editorial
Source: The Economic Times · 1 Apr 2019If most private sector telecom companies are bleeding, state-owned MTNL and BSNL are dying. Not that the disease that is killing them has no cure. Rather, the treatment is like that at a village health centre where the doctor and the medical supplies arrive only intermittently and not always at the same time. This must change. That BSNL delayed February salaries, and the DoT had to give MTNL funds to pay salaries aresymptoms. Legacy issues, fierce competition and rock-bottom tariffs have led to the sharp decline in the fortunes of the two telcos, despite their early-mover advantage in 3G service. The large payout for 3G spectrum, even as the companies made losses, was a fatal blow.
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1. Synonym of Downtrodden
2. Antonym of Handy
3. Synonym of Elitist
4. Antonym of Compelling
5. Synonym of Dismal
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