Vocabulary
Zeal
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an objective
Urdu meaning
جوش، اشتیاق، سرگرمی کے ساتھ
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- She was a believer in the public healthcare system and breathed her last at SIUT, an institution she supported with unparalleled zeal.
- This view is substantiated by the zeal with which the IOF has gone after healers, doctors, surgeons, nurses, mobile paramedical staff, ambulances and hospitals.
- It must temper its zeal and focus on the homework.
- And there was at least one significant moment when his alleged anti-Hindu zeal took a pause, and he assaulted fellow Muslim rulers in Bijapur and Golconda.
- Some say it was Akbar, but the Hindu right hates him with equal and often greater zeal.
Synonyms
passion, zealousness, committedness, ardour, love, fervour,
Antonyms
apathy, indifference
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Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
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