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martyr-like

Translations

martyr-likeadjective
more martyr-like
Comp.
most martyr-like
Super.
Used to qualify nouns with the sense ‘resembling a martyr; self-sacrificing’
martyrialLittéraire ; qui rappelle le martyre par l’endurance, le sacrifice de soi ou la souffrance.
He fixed the audience with a martyr-like gaze, as though enduring great hardship for their sake.
Il fixa le public d’un regard martyrial, comme s’il endurait de grandes épreuves pour eux.
martyr-likeadverb
Used adverbially after verbs to mean ‘in a martyr-like manner’
en martyrSens figuré ; avec stoïcisme, résignation ou esprit de sacrifice.
She accepted the extra work martyr-like, without a word of complaint.
Elle accepta le travail supplémentaire en martyr, sans un mot de plainte.

Definitions

martyr-likeadjective
Resembling a martyr in endurance, self-sacrifice, or suffering.
He fixed the audience with a martyr-like gaze, as though enduring great hardship for their sake.
martyr-likeadverb
In a manner characteristic of a martyr; stoically or self-sacrificingly.
She accepted the extra work martyr-like, without a word of complaint.
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