noun ನಾಮಪದ

Dutch uncle meaning in kannada

ಡಚ್ ಅಂಕಲ್

  • Definition

    a counselor who admonishes frankly and sternly

    ಪ್ರಾಮಾಣಿಕವಾಗಿ ಮತ್ತು ಕಟ್ಟುನಿಟ್ಟಾಗಿ ಸಲಹೆ ನೀಡುವ ಸಲಹೆಗಾರ

noun ನಾಮಪದ

Dutch uncle meaning in kannada

ಡಚ್ ಅಂಕಲ್

  • Definitions

    1. One who reproves in a blunt, stern manner intended for the benefit of the recipient.

    ಸ್ವೀಕರಿಸುವವರ ಪ್ರಯೋಜನಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಉದ್ದೇಶಿಸಲಾದ ಮೊಂಡಾದ, ಕಠೋರ ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಖಂಡಿಸುವವನು.

  • Examples:
    1. Gruff but kindly, with dark-rimmed glasses prone to slip down his prominent ruddy nose and an unlit cigar habitually clenched in his teeth, he was everyone's Dutch uncle and let even strangers call him “Maggie” to his face.

    2. I talked like a Dutch uncle to convince them they would be in the way if they came out too.

    3. The accountant was an older guy named Barney who always played the role of Dutch uncle to Michael's high flying ways, but on this occasion he read him the riot act.