Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: invalid
IPA transcription: [,ɪnv'æləd]
Pronunciations of invalid
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: invalid, shut-in
    Meaning: someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury
Usage examples
  • She had been an invalid for several years.
  • "As soon as you can, Silas," said the invalid.
  • She was not an invalid, and she lived in seclusion from no love-disappointment.
  • The invalid was taken to the lodge, to a room next to Grigory's and Marfa Ignatyevna's.
  • Mrs. Bludward was something of an invalid, and Robert was a young man who had been at Oxford and was going into Parliament.
  • Gollop, my doctor, came in at eleven (for I'm a sad invalid, you know, and see Gollop every day), and, 'gad! there I was, singing away like--a robin."
  • An invalid gentleman, who resided for some years on Ham Common, in Surrey, had a dog which distinctly pronounced John, William, and two or three other words.
  • In the morning she was safe, and great was the rejoicing; but for two days the little invalid was not allowed to continue the journey, much as they longed to hurry on.
  • The Lady Harriet, who remained at the hall, was a great invalid, and never went out in the carriage, and the Lady Anne preferred riding on horseback with her brother or cousins.
  • A goblet of Champagne restored Joseph's equanimity, and before the bottle was emptied, of which as an invalid he took two-thirds, he had agreed to take the young ladies to Vauxhall.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording McJob, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Meerkat Manor, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Terry Fox, License CC BY-SA 4.0