Home

English to Binisaya - Cebuano Dictionary and Thesaurus.

Dictionary Binisaya to EnglishEnglish to BinisayaSense
Word:

 

Word - rootword - affixes
adyaan - ayad - dya<yad~-an~
ad.ya.an. - 3 syllables

dya<yad = adya
-an = adyaan
adyaan

adyaan [ad.yâ.an.] : choosy (adj.)
ayad [a.yad.] : repair (v.); slight (v.); snub (v.)

Derivatives of ayad


Glosses:
choosy
adj. 1. choosey, choosydifficult to please.
~ fastidiousgiving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness.; "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness"
slight
n. (act)1. rebuff, slighta deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval).
~ offense, offensive activity, discourtesy, offencea lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others.
~ cold shoulder, snub, cuta refusal to recognize someone you know.; "the snub was clearly intentional"
~ silent treatmentan aloof refusal to speak to someone you know.
v. (cognition)2. cold-shoulder, slightpay no attention to, disrespect.; "She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance"
~ brush aside, brush off, discount, dismiss, disregard, ignore, push asidebar from attention or consideration.; "She dismissed his advances"
adj. 3. little, slight(quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some.; "little rain fell in May"; "gave it little thought"; "little time is left"; "we still have little money"; "a little hope remained"; "there's slight chance that it will work"; "there's a slight chance it will work"
~ smallslight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope.; "a series of death struggles with small time in between"
~ less(comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree.; "of less importance"; "less time to spend with the family"; "a shower uses less water"; "less than three years old"
adj. 4. flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thinlacking substance or significance.; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; "a fragile claim to fame"
~ unimportant, insignificantdevoid of importance, meaning, or force.
adj. 5. slender, slight, slim, sveltebeing of delicate or slender build.; "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street"
~ lean, thinlacking excess flesh.; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"
snub
n. (communication)1. rebuff, repulse, snuban instance of driving away or warding off.
~ rejectionthe speech act of rejecting.
n. (act)2. cold shoulder, cut, snuba refusal to recognize someone you know.; "the snub was clearly intentional"
~ rebuff, slighta deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval).
v. (communication)3. cut, disregard, ignore, snubrefuse to acknowledge.; "She cut him dead at the meeting"
~ do by, treat, handleinteract in a certain way.; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently"
v. (communication)4. rebuff, repel, snubreject outright and bluntly.; "She snubbed his proposal"
~ freeze off, spurn, disdain, pooh-pooh, scorn, turn down, rejectreject with contempt.; "She spurned his advances"
adj. 5. snubunusually short.; "a snub nose"
~ short(primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length.; "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss"