firgun
/ˈfɪə(ɹ)ɡuːn/
firgun noun: genuine delight or pride in another person's achievement or in something good that has happened or may happen to another person.
Noun
firgun (uncountable)
- Genuine delight or pride in another person's achievement or in something good that has happened or may happen to another person.
- Israelis, moreover, will not withdraw from any territory liable to become staging grounds for terrorist groups empowered by international agencies and convinced of their ability to murder Israelis with impunity. Israel will pursue policies with or without firgun.2009 October 9, נחום, “Deep Denial - Why the Holocaust Still Matters”, in it.politica.internazionale (Usenet)
- But firgun was certainly the name of the game when the Ambassadors Club, headed by president Yitzhak Eldan, a former Foreign Ministry chief of protocol; and vice president Yoram Naor, who is also the chairman of SICA, the Association of Central American States, organized the presentation of...2015 May 19, Greer Fay Cashman, “Grapevine: Professors didn’t do their homework”, in The Jerusalem Post
- Antonyms:
- schadenfreude
Examples of firgun in a sentence
- But Barak was unfailingly generous in his firgun to me and genuinely interested in my interpretations of America.2016, Michael B. Oren, Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide, page 111:
- This is the epitome of what Israelis call firgun, giving others a leg up and letting them bask in the glory of success.2017 May 30, Noa Amouyal, “In Israel's Western Galilee: 'Firgun' at its best”, in The Jerusalem Post:
- Our pro-social emotions of kindness, empathy, loyalty and firgun tied us together into couples and families, bands and tribes.2017 May 28, Dr Keith Gaynor, “Firgun: 'The emotion you probably never knew you have'”, in The Journal: IE:
Antonyms of firgun
Origin of firgun
From Hebrew פרגון
Questions about firgun
- What does firgun mean?
- Firgun means genuine delight or pride in another person's achievement or in something good that has happened or may happen to another person.
- How do you use firgun in a sentence?
- But Barak was unfailingly generous in his firgun to me and genuinely interested in my interpretations of America.
- What part of speech is firgun?
- Firgun is a noun.
- How do you pronounce firgun?
- Firgun is pronounced /ˈfɪə(ɹ)ɡuːn/.
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