Invidious — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɪnvˈɪdiəs/

🇬🇧British English

/ɪnvˈɪdiəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɪnvˈɪdiəs/

3 syllables Say it as /ɪnvˈɪdiəs/.

Examples

discriminatory attitudes and practices
invidious comparisons

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

discriminatory

Parts of Speech

adjective

containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice

“discriminatory attitudes and practices”

Word Forms

discriminate

verb

treat differently on the basis of sex or race

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

gehässig

eine leichte Voreingenommenheit enthalten oder andeuten oder zeigen

🇫🇷French

injuste

contenant ou impliquant un léger ou montrant un préjugé

🇪🇸Spanish

odioso

que contenga o implique un ligero o que muestre prejuicio

🇮🇹Italian

invidioso

contenente o implicante un lieve o palese pregiudizio

🇳🇱Dutch

verwerpelijk

die een licht vooroordeel bevatten of impliceren of blijk geven van vooroordeel

🇵🇹Portuguese

invejoso

contendo ou implicando um ligeiro ou demonstrando preconceito

🇷🇺Russian

оскорбительный

содержащие или подразумевающие пренебрежительное отношение или демонстрирующие предубеждение

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अपमानजनक

जिसमें थोड़ा सा भी शामिल या निहित हो या पूर्वाग्रह दर्शाया जा रहा हो

🇧🇩Bengali

ক্ষতিকর

সামান্য ধারণ করা বা বোঝানো বা কুসংস্কার দেখানো

🇮🇳Tamil

மறைமுகமான

சிறிதளவு அல்லது தப்பெண்ணத்தைக் கொண்டிருத்தல் அல்லது குறிப்பது

🇮🇳Telugu

ద్వేషపూరితమైన

స్వల్ప లేదా పక్షపాతాన్ని కలిగి ఉండటం లేదా సూచించడం

🇮🇳Marathi

घातक

थोडेसे असलेले किंवा सूचित करणे किंवा पूर्वग्रह दर्शवणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

આક્રમક

થોડું સમાવતું અથવા સૂચિત કરે છે અથવા પૂર્વગ્રહ દર્શાવે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಆಕ್ರಮಣಕಾರಿ

ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ಅಥವಾ ಪೂರ್ವಾಗ್ರಹವನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿರುವ ಅಥವಾ ಸೂಚಿಸುವ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ദ്രോഹകരമായ

ചെറിയതോ മുൻവിധി കാണിക്കുന്നതോ ഉൾക്കൊള്ളുന്നതോ സൂചിപ്പിക്കുന്നതോ

🇵🇰Urdu

ناگوار

پر مشتمل یا تھوڑا سا اشارہ کرنا یا تعصب ظاہر کرنا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

令人反感的

包含或暗示轻微或表现出偏见

🇯🇵Japanese

好奇心旺盛な

軽微な偏見を含む、または暗示する、または偏見を示す

🇰🇷Korean

불쾌한

경미한 내용을 포함하거나 암시하거나 편견을 나타내는 것

🇻🇳Vietnamese

không ưa

chứa hoặc ngụ ý một chút thành kiến hoặc thể hiện thành kiến

🇹🇭Thai

ร้ายกาจ

มีหรือแสดงนัยเล็กน้อยหรือแสดงอคติ

🇮🇩Indonesian

yg menyakitkan hati

mengandung atau menyiratkan sedikit atau menunjukkan prasangka

🇵🇭Filipino

nakakainis

naglalaman o nagpapahiwatig ng bahagyang o pagpapakita ng pagkiling

🇲🇾Malay

meremehkan

mengandungi atau membayangkan sedikit atau menunjukkan prasangka

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

حسد

تحتوي على أو تشير ضمنا إلى تحيز طفيف أو يظهر

🇮🇷Persian

نفرت انگیز

حاوی یا دلالت بر تعصب جزئی یا نشان دادن تعصب

🇹🇷Turkish

kıskanç

Hafif bir önyargı içeren veya ima eden veya önyargı gösteren

🇮🇱Hebrew

מגעיל

מכיל או מרמז על דעה קלה או מראה דעה קדומה

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