noun നാമം

Dutch uncle meaning in malayalam

ഡച്ച് അമ്മാവൻ

  • Definition

    a counselor who admonishes frankly and sternly

    സത്യസന്ധമായും കർശനമായും ഉപദേശിക്കുന്ന ഒരു ഉപദേശകൻ

noun നാമം

Dutch uncle meaning in malayalam

ഡച്ച് അമ്മാവൻ

  • Definitions

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

    സ്വീകർത്താവിന്റെ പ്രയോജനത്തിനായി ഉദ്ദേശിച്ചുകൊണ്ട് മൂർച്ചയുള്ളതും കർശനവുമായ രീതിയിൽ ശാസിക്കുന്ന ഒരാൾ.

  • 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.