tsuris
/tsʊɹɪs/
tsuris noun: problems or troubles.
Noun
tsuris (uncountable)
- Problems or troubles.
- You think you got troubles? You should go down there and talk to some of those schnorrers. Still, what chutzbah^([sic]). It's like the Jewish moral sense, emerging from all that tsuris.1968, Ronald Sukenick, Up, Dial Press, page 84
- “Sounds to me, my friend, like you got some tsuris. Not full grown yet, not gehoketh tsuris, but tsuris.”1991, John Updike, Rabbit at Rest
Forms of tsuris
| alternative form | tsores |
|---|---|
| alternative form | tsoris |
| alternative form | tsorris |
| alternative form | tsouris |
| alternative form | tszoris |
| alternative form | tsures |
| alternative form | tzuris |
Origin of tsuris
Borrowed from Yiddish צרות (tsores), plural of צרה (tsore, “trouble, problem”), from Hebrew צָרָה (tsará, “trouble, tragedy, calamity”).
Questions about tsuris
- What does tsuris mean?
- Tsuris means problems or troubles.
- What part of speech is tsuris?
- Tsuris is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tsuris?
- Tsuris is pronounced /tsʊɹɪs/.
Words near tsuris in the dictionary
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