spinster
/ˈspɪnstə(r)/noun
उच्चारण स्पिन्स्टर
अविवाहित (प्रौढ़) स्त्री
Core wordPYP · asked 4 times
Asked in previous papers
as one-word substitution
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[C] old-fashioned, often offensive
a woman who is not married, especially an older woman who is unlikely to marry
अविवाहित (प्रौढ़) स्त्री
- In the old novel the two spinster sisters keep house for their brother.
- The novel's spinster aunt lives alone with her cats.
- My great-aunt was a spinster who lived in the old house all her life.
+ 2 more examples
- The word spinster is now considered old-fashioned and unkind.
- The story is about a spinster teacher in a small hill town.
Synonyms unmarried woman single woman old maid
Opposite wife married woman
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
a spinster (countable noun)
Used for an unmarried woman, usually older. It always takes an article or plural: a spinster, spinsters.
यह अविवाहित, प्रायः अधिक आयु की महिला के लिए प्रयुक्त होता है और इसके साथ article या plural रूप आता है।
- The village had an old spinster who taught music.
- Many spinsters in the novel are shown as lonely.
spinster aunt / spinster sister
It is used before a relation word to say that a woman relative never married.
यह रिश्ते के शब्द से पहले आकर बताता है कि उस महिला संबंधी का विवाह नहीं हुआ।
- His spinster aunt lived in the old house.
old-fashioned and offensive in use
In modern writing the word may sound rude. Neutral phrases are unmarried woman or single woman.
आधुनिक लेखन में यह शब्द अपमानजनक लग सकता है; तटस्थ रूप 'unmarried woman' या 'single woman' हैं।
- The form asks you to tick single, married or divorced, not spinster.
no male equivalent in common use
The male word is bachelor, which has no negative tone; spinster is not a matching pair.
पुरुष के लिए 'bachelor' शब्द है, जिसमें नकारात्मक भाव नहीं है; 'spinster' उसका बराबर का जोड़ा नहीं है।
- He remained a bachelor, while his sister was called a spinster.
+Collocations 3
adjective + spinster
elderlylonelymiddle-ageddevotedwealthy
- The elderly spinster left her house to the school.
spinster + noun
auntsisterschoolteacherlifelady
- Her spinster aunt taught English for forty years.
verb + spinster
remain adie abe called alive as a
- She chose to remain a spinster and run the clinic.
“More examples 5
- In older English novels, a spinster was often a figure of pity.
पुराने अंग्रेज़ी उपन्यासों में 'spinster' प्रायः दया का पात्र दिखाई जाती थी।
- The spinster left all her books to the town library.
उस अविवाहित महिला ने अपनी सारी किताबें नगर के पुस्तकालय को दे दीं।
- Miss Basu lived as a spinster and was proud of her independence.
सुश्री बसु अविवाहित रहीं और अपनी स्वतंत्रता पर उन्हें गर्व था।
- Nobody should be labelled a spinster just because she has not married.
केवल विवाह न करने के कारण किसी को 'spinster' नहीं कहना चाहिए।
- The word spinster is now rarely used in official forms.
आधिकारिक फ़ॉर्मों में 'spinster' शब्द अब कम ही प्रयोग होता है।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ My brother is a spinster.
✓ My brother is a bachelor.
Spinster is used only for a woman; the male word is bachelor.
'Spinster' केवल महिला के लिए है; पुरुष के लिए 'bachelor' आता है।
✗ She is a spinster woman.
✓ She is a spinster.
Spinster already means a woman; adding woman repeats the idea.
'Spinster' का अर्थ पहले से महिला है; 'woman' जोड़ने से बात दोहराई जाती है।
✗ She remained spinster all her life.
✓ She remained a spinster all her life.
A singular countable noun needs an article, even after remain.
Remain के बाद भी singular countable noun से पहले article चाहिए।
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
spin·ster
§Grammar and usage
The word is now considered disrespectful; 'single woman' is preferred.
यह शब्द अब अपमानजनक माना जाता है; 'single woman' बेहतर है।
Keep the set: bachelor, spinster, widow, widower, orphan.
समूह याद रखिए: bachelor, spinster, widow, widower, orphan।
⌂Word origin and word building
Originally a woman who spun thread for a living.
मूलतः यह सूत कातकर जीविका चलाने वाली स्त्री के लिए था।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
An unmarried woman; an unmarried man is a bachelor.
'अविवाहित स्त्री' के लिए यह शब्द आता है; अविवाहित पुरुष bachelor है।