Vocabulary
Zeal
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an objective
Urdu meaning
جوش، اشتیاق، سرگرمی کے ساتھ
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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What is puzzling, however, is the sheer zeal with which this goal is being pursued, to the point where they are over-performing on the targets set by the IMF.
Dawn Editorials —
Rebuilding reserves
— 2026-01-29
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She was a force of nature who met adversity head-on and lived life and battled challenges with a zeal and a zest very rarely seen, and with pride.
Dawn Editorials —
In history`s shadow
— 2025-12-28
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For Mamdani`s politics, the 1957 Kerala experiment seems relevant a communist government in a bourgeois state.Occasionally, the bourgeois zeal to place roadblocks for communist prospects has gone awry.
Dawn Editorials —
Fearing the spectre of Godot
— 2025-11-11
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She was a believer in the public healthcare system and breathed her last at SIUT, an institution she supported with unparalleled zeal.
Dawn Editorials —
Travel well, my friend Zubeida
— 2025-07-13
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This view is substantiated by the zeal with which the IOF has gone after healers, doctors, surgeons, nurses, mobile paramedical staff, ambulances and hospitals.
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Ceasefire a relocation ruse?
— 2025-07-06
Synonyms
passion, zealousness, committedness, ardour, love, fervour,
Antonyms
apathy, indifference
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