Vocabulary
Penchant
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
A strong liking for something or a strong tendency to behave in a certain way
Urdu meaning
زبردست رجحان
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- With the lagging interest in any of this and frustration over Indian citizens landing up in America and the penchant of many among them to abuse their skilled worker visas, America has turned away.
- Lumumba`s penchant for music is ironically revealed in his poem, which was published posthumously in Moscow.
- Given Musk`s penchant for technology, his views should more appropriately be described as `techno-libertarian` or `extropian`.
- There exists a plethora of policies, plans and reports related solely to air quality improvement in Pakistan, dating back nearly two decades, which point to our penchant for introducing new policies only to see them fail, again and again.
- I mention this only because the human penchant for judging the lives of others and comparing them, consciously or subconsciously, with one`s own has existed for just as long as humans have themselves.
Antonyms
allergy, aversion
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