pyrrhic victory

English - Turkish

Definition of pyrrhic victory in English Turkish dictionary

fazla pahalıya mal olan zafer

Büyük kayıplarla kazanılan başarı. (Epir kralı Pyrrhus'a atfen.)

görünüşteki zafer

fazla pahalıya mal olan zafer; büyük kayıplarla kazanılan başarı

gerçekte bir felâket olan zafer

büyük kayıplarla elde edilen zafer

English - English

Definition of pyrrhic victory in English English dictionary

A very costly victory, wherein the considerable losses outweigh the gain, so as to render the struggle not worth the cost

If you describe a victory as a Pyrrhic victory, you mean that although someone has won or gained something, they have also lost something which was worth even more. a victory in which the person who wins suffers so much that the victory was hardly worth winning (Pyrrhus (312?-272BC), Greek king whose army defeated the Romans but had very many killed and wounded)

victory accompanied by enormous losses (as was Pyrrhus' victory over the Romans in the 3rd century B.C.)

a victory that is won by incurring terrible losses

Hyphenation

Pyr·rhic Vic·to·ry

Turkish pronunciation

pîrîk vîktri

Synonyms

cadmean victory, narrow victory, no-win situation, offset victory, victory at great cost

Pronunciation

/ˈpərək ˈvəktrē/ /ˈpɪrɪk ˈvɪktriː/

Etymology

() Eponymous of the Greek king Pyrrhus of Epirus, who suffered heavy losses while defeating the Romans.