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comeuppance 音標拼音: [k ,ʌm'ʌpəns] n. 應得的懲罰 應得的懲罰 comeuppance n 1: an outcome ( good or bad) that is well deserved [ synonym: { deserts}, { comeuppance}, { comeupance}] comeuppance \ come` up" pance\ ( k[ u^] m`[ u^] p" pans), n. An unpleasant experience a person endures, which is viewed by others as a just retribution for bad behavior; just deserts; as, the Senator took bribes for years, and finally got his comeuppance when he was caught in a sting operation. [ PJC] 21 Moby Thesaurus words for " comeuppance": compensation, desert, deserts, deserving, due, due reward, dues, just deserts, merit, merits, punishment, quittance, recompense, reprisal, requital, retribution, revenge, reward, rights, what is due, what is merited
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- COMEUPPANCE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of COMEUPPANCE is a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts How to use comeuppance in a sentence
- COMEUPPANCE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
COMEUPPANCE definition: 1 a person's bad luck that is considered to be a fair and deserved punishment for something bad… Learn more
- COMEUPPANCE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
Comeuppance definition: deserved reward or just deserts, usually unpleasant See examples of COMEUPPANCE used in a sentence
- Comeuppance - definition of comeuppance by The Free Dictionary
A punishment or retribution that one deserves; one's just desserts: "That was the joy of a video game: watching someone who deserved it getting his comeuppance" (Jodi Picoult)
- comeuppance - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
comeuppance (usually uncountable, plural comeuppances) Retribution or outcome that is justly deserved quotations
- comeuppance noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
Definition of comeuppance noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
- comeuppance, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
comeuppance, n meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary
- COMEUPPANCE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
If you say that someone has got their comeuppance, you approve of the fact that they have been punished or have suffered for something wrong that they have done
- comeuppance | meaning of comeuppance in Longman Dictionary of . . .
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English come‧up‧pance kʌmˈʌpəns noun [singular] a punishment or something bad which happens to you that you really deserve You’ll get your comeuppance one day!
- Comeuppance Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
One of these days, he'll get his comeuppance for treating people so arrogantly
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