| cantankerous | adj perengus dan banyak kerenah: a ~ old man, lelaki tua yg perengus dan banyak kerenah. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| whim | n kehendak hati, kerenah: I don’t know how his wife puts up with his ~s, saya tdk tahu bagaimana isterinya melayan kerenahnya; she does exactly as the ~ takes her, dia berbuat sesuatu mengikut kehendak hatinya; her husband panders to her every ~, suaminya menurut segala kehendak hatinya; her tendency to buy things at ~, kecenderungannya utk membeli barang mengikut kehendak hati. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| humour | vt [various translations]: children should not be ~ed unduly, kanak-kanak tdk harus dilayan kerenah mereka dgn berlebih-lebihan; we’ll go, just to ~ him, kita pergi hanya utk menyedapkan hatinya; I’ll buy a bouquet of flowers to ~ her, saya akan membeli sejambak bunga utk memujuknya. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| placable | adj ( liter.) mudah dipujuk: a ~ easy-going woman,perempuan yg mudah dipujuk dan tdk banyak kerenah. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| cross-grained | adj 1. (of wood) berira lintang; 2. (of person) keras kepala dan banyak kerenah. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| impossible | do the ~, membuat perkara /yg mustahil, tdk mungkin dapat dilakukan/; 2. absurd, tdk munasabah: he gave an ~ excuse for being late, dia memberi alasan yg tdk munasabah kenapa dia lambat; 3. (colloq) that cannot be endured, outrageous, [various translations]: he is an ~_ person, dia banyak kerenah; to put so. in an ~ position, menyebabkan sso serba salah; what an ~ hat!, teruk betul topi itu!. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| awkward | 5. embarrassed, serba salah; (attrib) dlm keadaan serba salah: she felt ~ about asking him for the loan, dia berasa serba salah utk meminjam wang daripadanya; an ~ silence followed his outburst, mereka terdiam dlm keadaan serba salah setelah dia menghamburkan kata-kata itu; 6. requiring tact, delicate, sulit: an ~ diplomatic situation, keadaan diplomatik yg sulit; ~ customer, a. so. who is difficult to deal with, (orang yg) banyak kerenah; b. animal that is dangerous to deal with, binatang yg berbahaya. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |