antithesis
The direct opposite of something.
विलोम; ठीक उलटी बात या पूर्ण विरोध
“A four-hour status meeting is the antithesis of an agile practice.”
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Words for antonyms & contrast, each with its meaning in English and Hindi, how to say it, a sentence that shows it in use, and what to say instead or the opposite.
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dichotomy
A division into two sharply contrasted parts.
द्विभाजन; दो परस्पर विरोधी भागों में बँटाव
“The build-or-buy dichotomy is usually a false one.”
paradox
A statement that seems self-contradictory yet may be true.
विरोधाभास; ऊपर से उलटा पर भीतर सच
“It is a paradox that adding engineers slowed the release down.”
incongruous
Out of keeping with its surroundings or context.
बेमेल; परिवेश से मेल न खाने वाला
“The playful copy felt incongruous on an outage status page.”
congruent
In agreement or harmony with something else.
सर्वसम; पूरी तरह मेल खाता हुआ
“The incentives must be congruent with the behaviour you want.”
divergent
Moving or developing in different directions.
अपसारी; अलग-अलग दिशाओं में जाने वाला
“Two divergent forecasts from the same data means one model is wrong.”
convergent
Coming together toward a common point or conclusion.
अभिसारी; एक बिंदु पर मिलने वाला
“The independent reviews were convergent, which raised our confidence.”
contradict
To assert the opposite of what has been stated.
खंडन करना; कही बात के विरुद्ध कहना
“The telemetry and the incident report contradict each other on timing.”
reconcile
To make conflicting accounts or parties agree.
मेल कराना; मतभेद मिटाकर समाधान करना
“We must reconcile the two ledgers before we can close the quarter.”
polarize
To split a group into sharply opposed positions.
ध्रुवीकृत करना; दो विरोधी खेमों में बाँट देना
“The framework decision managed to polarize an otherwise unified team.”
disparage
To speak of someone or something as being of little worth.
अवमूल्यन करना; कमतर बताकर नीचा दिखाना
“Never disparage the previous team in front of the customer they served.”
extol
To praise enthusiastically and publicly.
गुणगान करना; ऊँचे स्वर में प्रशंसा करना
“They extol the tool in the keynote and quietly replace it in Q3.”
augment
To make something greater by adding to it.
संवर्धन करना; जोड़कर बढ़ा देना
“We augment the core team with two contractors for the migration only.”
curtail
To cut short or restrict the extent of something.
कटौती करना; छोटा या सीमित कर देना
“We curtail the pilot at four weeks whatever the results look like.”
proliferate
To increase rapidly in number.
तेज़ी से बढ़ना; संख्या में तेज़ी से फैलना
“Dashboards proliferate until nobody knows which one is authoritative.”
dwindle
To diminish gradually in size or strength.
क्षीण होते जाना; धीरे-धीरे घटकर कम हो जाना
“Attendance will dwindle if the meeting has no decision to make.”
abate
To become less intense or widespread.
कम होना; तीव्रता या मात्रा में घट जाना
“The alert volume did not abate until we fixed the retry storm.”
amplify
To increase the strength, volume or effect of something.
बढ़ाना; विस्तार देकर प्रबल कर देना
“Retweets amplify an outage complaint far beyond the affected accounts.”
attenuate
To reduce the force or effect of something.
क्षीण करना; प्रभाव या मोटाई घटा देना
“Rate limiting will attenuate the spike but not remove the cause.”
bolster
To support and strengthen something.
सहारा देना; मज़बूत बनाकर टिकाए रखना
“Two named references bolster a case study far more than a logo wall.”
undermine
To weaken something gradually and often indirectly.
भीतर से कमज़ोर करना; नींव खोखली कर देना
“Reversing a team decision in public will undermine the next one.”
subvert
To overturn or destabilise an established system.
उलट देना; भीतर से ढहा देना
“Shadow tooling can quietly subvert every control the audit relies on.”
uphold
To maintain or confirm something in the face of challenge.
बरकरार रखना; समर्थन देकर कायम रखना
“The panel chose to uphold the original architecture decision.”
repudiate
To reject or disown something formally.
अस्वीकार कर देना; संबंध या दायित्व से इनकार करना
“The supplier now repudiates the verbal commitment made in March.”
endorse
To declare public support or approval for something.
समर्थन देना; सार्वजनिक रूप से अनुमोदित करना
“Legal will endorse the clause once the indemnity cap is added.”
denounce
To condemn something publicly and strongly.
सार्वजनिक भर्त्सना करना; खुलकर निंदा करना
“It is easy to denounce a process and hard to design a better one.”
censure
To express formal, severe disapproval.
निंदा करना; औपचारिक रूप से भर्त्सना करना
“The board voted to censure the disclosure, not the decision itself.”
commend
To praise formally or recommend to another.
प्रशंसा करना; सराहते हुए संस्तुति देना
“I commend the on-call team for the clarity of their updates.”
exonerate
To clear someone of blame or accusation.
निर्दोष सिद्ध करना; आरोप से पूर्णतः मुक्त करना
“The logs exonerate the deploy; the failure started an hour earlier.”
incriminate
To make someone appear guilty of wrongdoing.
अपराध में फँसाना; दोषी ठहराने वाला प्रमाण देना
“The draft email would incriminate the team if read without context.”
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