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How to pronounce comeuppance in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms comeupance, just deserts, poetic jstice
Type of aftermath, consequence

Examples of comeuppance

comeuppance
It was nice to see a company get the consumer comeuppance it so richly deserved.
From the forbes.com
But what I do know is that I think he is getting his comeuppance with The Girl.
From the guardian.co.uk
In Kentucky, the man who built the modern Bluegrass G.O.P. got his comeuppance.
From the roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com
When Black got his comeuppance last year, there was little joy in the newsroom.
From the businessweek.com
We all get our comeuppance in the final outcome, vengeance is not ours but God's.
From the guardian.co.uk
Appeals are expected to stave off even that token comeuppance for several months.
From the time.com
Net investors, many of them day-trading online, have had a comeuppance as well.
From the time.com
It would be nice to think this was Jahn's comeuppance for being such a cleverdick.
From the guardian.co.uk
Widmerpool, it now appears, is never going to get the comeuppance he deserves.
From the time.com
More examples
  • Deserts: an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved
  • Comeuppance is the first full album released by British progressive rock/jazz fusion band Sphere3.
  • Just reward for reprehensible behaviour; punishment that is well deserved.
  • Just reward, just deserts.