You are quite justified in answering him back.
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Justified
//ˈd͡ʒʌstɪfaɪd//
Synonyms for "justified" (46 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (13)
Related words (23)
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Antonyms
1 entriesderived
6 entriesform of
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
28 translations across 22 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مُبَرَّر adj (having a justification)
Belarusian
2 entries- апра́ўданы adj (having a justification)
- апраўда́ны adj (having a justification)
Bulgarian
1 entries- опра́вдан adj (having a justification)
Catalan
1 entries- justificat adj (having a justification)
Danish
1 entries- berettiget adj (having a justification)
Dutch
1 entries- gerechtvaardigd adj (having a justification)
Faroese
1 entries- rættvísgjørdur adj (having a justification)
Finnish
3 entries- aiheellinen adj (having a justification)
- perusteltu adj (having a justification)
- tasattu adj (having lines arranged on a page or computer screen)
French
3 entries- justifié adj (having a justification)
- justifié adj (having lines arranged on a page or computer screen)
- motivé adj (having a justification)
German
1 entries- gerechtfertigt adj (having a justification)
Greek
1 entries- δικαιολογημένος adj (having a justification)
Hungarian
2 entries- sorkizárt adj (having lines arranged on a page or computer screen)
- tömbös adj (having lines arranged on a page or computer screen)
Icelandic
1 entries- réttnefndur adj (having a justification)
Italian
1 entries- giustificato adj (having a justification)
Japanese
1 entries- 揃え adj (having lines arranged on a page or computer screen)
Latin
1 entries- iūstus adj (having a justification)
Polish
1 entries- uprawniony adj (having a justification)
Russian
1 entries- опра́вданный adj (having a justification)
Spanish
1 entries- justificado adj (having a justification)
Swedish
1 entries- rättfärdigad adj (having a justification)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ви́правданий adj (having a justification)
Urdu
1 entries- جائز adj (having a justification)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
The boy more than justified the favourable opinion they had formed of him.
Source: tatoeba (46408)
For what you have written, your reaction is not justified in any manner, and I imagine it can make your life impossible.
Source: tatoeba (703274)
Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.
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