In a few moments you'll become either a holy martyr or a dead witch.
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Martyr
//ˈmɐːtə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "martyr" (130 found)
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Closest matches (26)
Strong matches (39)
Related words (65)
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197 translations across 71 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- dëshmor noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Arabic
3 entries- شَهِيد noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- شَهِيدَة noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- شُهَدَاء noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Aramaic
1 entries- ܣܗܕܐ noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Armenian
4 entries- մարտիրոս noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- նահատակ noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- նահատակ noun (one who sacrifices their life for an important cause)
- վկա noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- şəhid noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- əzabkeş noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Bashkir
1 entries- шаһит noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Belarusian
4 entries- му́чальнік noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- му́чальніца noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- му́чанік noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- му́чаніца noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Bengali
1 entries- শহীদ noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Bulgarian
3 entries- мъчени́к noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- мъчени́ца noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- мъчени́чка noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Catalan
3 entries- màrtir noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- màrtir noun (one who sacrifices their life for an important cause)
- màrtir noun (one who suffers greatly, even involuntarily)
Chechen
1 entries- ӏазапхо noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 受難者 /受难者 noun (one who suffers greatly, even involuntarily)
- 殉道者 noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- 烈士 noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- 烈士 noun (one who sacrifices their life for an important cause)
Church Slavic
1 entries- мѫченикъ noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Czech
2 entries- mučednice noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- mučedník noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Danish
3 entries- martyr noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- martyr noun (one who sacrifices their life for an important cause)
- martyr noun (one who suffers greatly, even involuntarily)
Dari
2 entries- شَهِید noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- شَهِید noun (one who sacrifices their life for an important cause)
Dutch
4 entries- martelaar noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- martelaar noun (one who sacrifices their life for an important cause)
- martelaar noun (one who suffers greatly, even involuntarily)
- martelares noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Erzya
1 entries- майсиця noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Esperanto
1 entries- martiro noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Estonian
3 entries- märter noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- märter noun (one who sacrifices their life for an important cause)
- märter noun (one who suffers greatly, even involuntarily)
Finnish
4 entries- marttyyri noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- marttyyri noun (one who sacrifices their life for an important cause)
- shahid noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- uhri noun (one who suffers greatly, even involuntarily)
French
4 entries- chahid noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- chahîd noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- martyr noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- martyr noun (one who sacrifices their life for an important cause)
Galician
1 entries- mártir noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Georgian
3 entries- მარტვილი noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- მოწამე noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- წამებული noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
German
2 entries- Märtyrer noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- Märtyrerin noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐍄𐍅𐍂 noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Greek
3 entries- μάρτυρας noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- μάρτυρας noun (one who sacrifices their life for an important cause)
- μάρτυρας noun (one who suffers greatly, even involuntarily)
Hebrew
4 entries- מַרְטִיר noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- קָדֹושׁ noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- קָדֹושׁ מְעֻנֶּה noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- שָׁהִיד noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Hindi
4 entries- बलिदानी noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- बलिदानी noun (one who sacrifices their life for an important cause)
- शहीद noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- शहीद noun (one who sacrifices their life for an important cause)
Hungarian
4 entries- mártír noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- mártír noun (one who sacrifices their life for an important cause)
- mártír noun (one who suffers greatly, even involuntarily)
- vértanú noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Icelandic
1 entries- píslarvottur noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Indonesian
2 entries- martir noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- syahid noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- شَهید noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- شَهید noun (one who sacrifices their life for an important cause)
Irish
1 entries- mairtíreach noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Italian
3 entries- martire noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- martire noun (one who sacrifices their life for an important cause)
- martire noun (one who suffers greatly, even involuntarily)
Japanese
4 entries- シャヒード noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- 受難者 noun (one who suffers greatly, even involuntarily)
- 殉教者 noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- 殉教者 noun (one who sacrifices their life for an important cause)
Kazakh
2 entries- шаһит noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- шейіт noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Korean
3 entries- 샤히드 noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- 순교자 noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- 순교자 noun (one who sacrifices their life for an important cause)
Kumyk
1 entries- шагьит noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Macedonian
2 entries- маченик noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- маченичка noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Malay
2 entries- martir noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- syahid noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Malayalam
4 entries- രക്തസാക്ഷി noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- രക്തസാക്ഷി noun (one who sacrifices their life for an important cause)
- രക്തസാക്ഷി noun (one who suffers greatly, even involuntarily)
- സഹദാ noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Māori
1 entries- matira noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Norman
1 entries- martyr noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- şehîd noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- martyr noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- martyr noun (one who sacrifices their life for an important cause)
- martyr noun (one who suffers greatly, even involuntarily)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- شهید noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Pashto
1 entries- شهيد noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Polish
4 entries- cierpiętnica noun (one who sacrifices their life for an important cause)
- cierpiętnik noun (one who sacrifices their life for an important cause)
- męczennica noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- męczennica noun (one who sacrifices their life for an important cause)
Portuguese
4 entries- mártir noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- mártir noun (one who sacrifices their life for an important cause)
- mártir noun (one who suffers greatly, even involuntarily)
- martirizar verb (to make someone a martyr)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਸ਼ਹੀਦ noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Romanian
4 entries- martir noun (one who sacrifices their life for an important cause)
- mucenic noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- muceniță noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- martiriza verb (to make someone a martyr)
Russian
4 entries- му́ченик noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- му́ченик noun (one who sacrifices their life for an important cause)
- му́ченик noun (one who suffers greatly, even involuntarily)
- му́ченица noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- martair noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- martair noun (one who sacrifices their life for an important cause)
- martair noun (one who suffers greatly, even involuntarily)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- mȕčenīk noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- mȕčenīk noun (one who sacrifices their life for an important cause)
- šehid noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- му̏ченӣк noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Slovak
4 entries- martýr noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- martýrka noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- mučeník noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- mučeníčka noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Slovene
2 entries- mučenica noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- mučenik noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Spanish
4 entries- mártir noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- mártir noun (one who sacrifices their life for an important cause)
- mártir noun (one who suffers greatly, even involuntarily)
- martirizar verb (to make someone a martyr)
Swedish
3 entries- martyr noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- martyr noun (one who sacrifices their life for an important cause)
- martyr noun (one who suffers greatly, even involuntarily)
Tajik
1 entries- шаҳид noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Tatar
1 entries- шаһит noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Thai
1 entries- มรณสักขี noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Turkish
4 entries- gazi noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- gaziler noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- mücahid noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- mücahit noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Turkmen
1 entries- şahit noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Ukrainian
2 entries- му́ченик noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- му́чениця noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Urdu
2 entries- شَہِید noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- شَہِید noun (one who sacrifices their life for an important cause)
Uyghur
1 entries- شاھىت noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Uzbek
1 entries- shahid noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Volapük
3 entries- himartüran noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- jimartüran noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- martüran noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Welsh
2 entries- merthyr noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
- merthyr noun (one who sacrifices their life for an important cause)
Zazaki
1 entries- şehid noun (one willing to be killed or persecuted for religion)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
Tom is a martyr now.
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Stop making a martyr of yourself.
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Don't play the martyr.
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Showing 4 of 16 available sentences.
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