Vocabulary
Pander
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
gratify or indulge (an immoral or distasteful desire or taste or a person with such a desire or taste).
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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Political parties in power pander to the interest groups, and those in opposition use the transport issues, especially the fatalities resulting from them, for attentionseeking stunts.
Dawn Editorials —
Commuted sentence
— 2025-02-25
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Pakistani politicians freely pander to hare-brained clerics and their hate-filled rants.
Dawn Editorials —
Is Pakistan unusual?
— 2023-10-07
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Mr Modi, on the other hand, has single-handedly subverted the fellowship by undermining Saarc, mostly, it is suspected, to pander to his narrow political constituency at home.
Dawn Editorials —
G20 with a hope and a prayer
— 2023-09-12
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Mr Modi, on the other hand, has single-handedly subverted the fellowship by undermining Saarc, mostly, it is suspected, to pander to his narrow political constituency at home.
Dawn Editorials —
G20 with a hope and a prayer
— 2023-09-12
Synonyms
indulge, gratify, satisfy, cater to, give in to, fulfil, yield to, bow to, humour, please
Antonyms
anger, annoy, disappoint
Curator example
“newspapers are pandering to people’s baser instincts”
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