just deserts
UK/dʒʌst dɪˈzɜːts/US/dʒʌst dəˈzɝts/
just deserts noun: a punishment or reward that is considered to be what the recipient deserved.
Noun
just deserts pl (plural only)
- A punishment or reward that is considered to be what the recipient deserved.
- It may appear that they're getting ahead by cheating, but they'll get their just deserts in the end.
- Synonyms:
- payback, poetic justice, comeuppance, just rewards
just deserts meaning in Tamil and Bengali
just deserts in Tamil
- just deserts; comeuppance; the inevitable consequence of one's misdeeds
- கர்மபலன் karmapalaṉ
just deserts in Bengali
- just deserts; comeuppance; the inevitable consequence of one's misdeeds
- কর্মফল kôrmôphôl
Synonyms of just deserts
Questions about just deserts
- What does just deserts mean?
- Just deserts means a punishment or reward that is considered to be what the recipient deserved.
- What is just deserts in Tamil?
- Just deserts in Tamil is கர்மபலன் (karmapalaṉ). See Just deserts meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is just deserts?
- Just deserts is a noun.
- How do you pronounce just deserts?
- Just deserts is pronounced /dʒʌst dɪˈzɜːts/ (UK).
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Adapted from Wiktionary: just deserts (page history and authors); கர்மபலன் (Tamil) (page history and authors); কর্মফল (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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