cushy
/ˈkʊʃi/adjective
उच्चारण कुशी
आरामदायक, आसान (बिना मेहनत वाला)
Core word
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informal, disapproving
very easy and pleasant; needing little effort
आरामदायक, आसान (बिना मेहनत वाला)
- He left a cushy government job to start his own company.
- She has a cushy life with servants and drivers.
- Everyone thought his job in the head office was cushy.
+ 2 more examples
- It is a cushy life for those who do not have to worry about money.
- She did not want a cushy post that offered no challenge.
Synonyms easy comfortable undemanding
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
a cushy job / life / number
Cushy is informal and means easy and pleasant, with little effort; it is used before a noun.
'Cushy' अनौपचारिक शब्द है, जिसका अर्थ कम प्रयास वाला आसान और सुखद है; यह noun से पहले आता है।
- He found a cushy job in a bank.
- She leads a cushy life in the city.
cushy + noun (typical nouns)
Cushy goes with job, life, number, post and existence, but not with exam or task that are hard by nature.
'Cushy' job, life, number, post और existence के साथ चलता है, पर exam या task जैसे स्वभाव से कठिन शब्दों के साथ नहीं।
- Teaching is not a cushy post, whatever people say.
be cushy / sound cushy
It can also follow be, sound or seem to show an opinion.
यह राय दिखाने के लिए be, sound या seem के बाद भी आ सकता है।
- That position sounds cushy, but it has long hours.
comparative: cushier / cushiest
The comparative of cushy is cushier, and the superlative is cushiest.
'Cushy' का comparative 'cushier' और superlative 'cushiest' है।
- His new job is cushier than the old one.
+Collocations 5
cushy + noun
joblifenumberpostexistence
- Many people think a government post is a cushy number.
adverb + cushy
verytooratherquitepretty
- The job looked rather cushy from outside.
verb + cushy
soundseemlookturn outthink
- The work seemed cushy at first, but it was tiring.
cushy + prepositional phrase
cushy for himcushy in comparisoncushy compared with
- The office job was cushy compared with farming.
cushy + for
cushy for the managercushy for the favouredcushy for the rich
- Life is cushy for the top officers in that department.
“More examples 6
- After years of hard work, he now has a cushy job in Delhi.
वर्षों की कड़ी मेहनत के बाद अब दिल्ली में उसकी आरामदायक नौकरी है।
- Don't think the exam will be cushy just because the syllabus is short.
यह मत सोचिए कि पाठ्यक्रम छोटा है तो परीक्षा आसान होगी।
- He grew up in a cushy home with servants and a car.
वह ऐशो-आराम वाले घर में पला, जहाँ नौकर और गाड़ी थी।
- Radhika refused a cushy posting and chose the village school.
राधिका ने आरामदायक तैनाती ठुकराकर गाँव का स्कूल चुना।
- The captain complained that the juniors had a cushy life in the camp.
कप्तान ने शिकायत की कि शिविर में जूनियर खिलाड़ियों की ज़िंदगी बहुत आरामदायक थी।
- The newcomers thought the army camp would be cushy, but it was not.
नए लोगों ने सोचा था कि सेना का शिविर आरामदायक होगा, पर ऐसा नहीं था।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ This job is more cushy than that one.
✓ This job is cushier than that one.
Cushy ends in -y, so its comparative is cushier.
'Cushy' -y पर समाप्त होता है, इसलिए उसका comparative 'cushier' है।
✗ He has a cushy job with a lot of works.
✓ He has a cushy job with a lot of work.
Work is uncountable in this sense and has no plural.
इस अर्थ में 'work' uncountable है और उसका plural नहीं बनता।
≈Synonyms and antonyms
⌂Word origin and word building
From the Hindi and Urdu word khush, meaning pleased, which British soldiers in India took into English.
यह शब्द Hindi-Urdu शब्द 'ख़ुश' से आया है, जिसे भारत में रहे British सैनिक English में ले गए।