1 Perilous (adjective)
ख़तरनाक
Very dangerous.
Synonyms: Dangerous, Risky, Parlous
Antonyms: Safe, Secure, Harmless, Innocuous
Example: For mothers and children, the situation is even more perilous.
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1 Perilous (adjective)
ख़तरनाक
Synonyms: Dangerous, Risky, Parlous
Antonyms: Safe, Secure, Harmless, Innocuous
Example: For mothers and children, the situation is even more perilous.
2 Pertinent (adjective)
उपयुक्त मुनासिब
Synonyms: Relevant, To the point, Apposite, Appropriate
Antonyms: Irrelevant, Unsuitable, Extraneous, Inappropriate
Example: Please keep your comments pertinent to the topic under discussion.
3 Derogatory (adjective)
अपमानजनक
Synonyms: Disparaging, Depreciative, Slighting, Defamatory
Antonyms: Laudatory, Appreciative, Favorable
Example: She tells me I'm fat and is always making derogatory remarks.
4 Vermin (noun)
अपराधी
Synonyms: Rabble, Riff-raff, Trash
Antonyms: Elite Gentry
Example: Finding most of your vermin enemies is relatively easy.
5 Rebuke (noun)
फटकार
Synonyms: Reprimand, Reproach, Admonition, Remonstration
Antonyms: Commendation, Approval
Example: He also delivered a sharp rebuke to those who argued against the day on profit grounds.
6 Benign (adjective)
हितकारी
Synonyms: Harmless, Safe, Innocuous, Inoffensive, Gentle
Antonyms: Harsh, Harmful, Malignant
Example: The industry's environmental impact is relatively benign, even positive.
7 Devise (verb)
ईजादकरना
Synonyms: Think up, Concoct, Invent, Come up with, Formulate
Antonyms: Imitate, Copy, Replicate, Duplicate
Example: A new system has been devised to control traffic in the city.
8 Laxity (noun)
ढीलापन
Synonyms: Slackness, Carelessness, Negligence
Antonyms: Vigilance, Severity
Example: I have been diagnosed with cancer that was discovered very late due to my laxity in caring for my health.
9 Pacification (noun)
शांति करण
Synonyms: Mollification, Appeasement, Conciliation
Antonyms: Incitement, Distress
Example: A cease-fire treaty helped with the pacification of all parties and allowed the leaders of both sides to move on in peace.
10 Dictum (noun)
कथन कहावत
Synonyms: Saying, Maxim, Saw, Axiom, Proverb
Example: Every storyteller should remember Aristotle’s dictum that a story must have a beginning, a middle and an end.
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