| vicious circle | n /lingkaran, putaran/ ganas: the more she eats, the fatter she gets; the fatter she gets the more miserable she becomes; the more miserable she becomes, the more she eats. It’s a ~, lebih banyak dia makan, dia menjadi lebih gemuk; apabila dia lebih gemuk, dia menjadi lebih sengsara; apabila dia lebih sengsara, dia makan lebih banyak. Itu lingkaran ganas. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| vicious | adj 1. brutal, kejam; (of blow) dahsyat: a ~ murderer, pembunuh yg kejam; he gave a ~ blow to the man’s head, dia memberikan tumbukan yg dahsyat di kepala lelaki itu; 2. ferocious or hostile, dangerous, ganas: lions, tigers and other ~ animals, singa, harimau dan binatang-binatang lain yg ganas; 3. malicious, dgn niat jahat: ~ gossip, umpatan dgn niat jahat; a ~ lie, bohong dgn niat jahat; 4. savage, dipenuhi kata-kata /pedas, tajam/: a ~ and anonymous letter, surat layang yg dipenuhi dgn kata-kata pedas; 5. intense, severe, hebat: a ~ typhoon, taufan yg hebat. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| poisonous | 3. vicious, damaging, merosakkan + approp n; (of tongue) bisa (mulut, lidah): the letter contained some ~ allegations, surat itu mengandungi beberapa tuduhan yg merosakkan nama baiknya; a woman with a ~ tongue, perempuan yg bisa mulutnya. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| slander | n 1. untrue, disparaging spoken statement about a person, fitnah; (leg.) slander: the story is nothing but a vicious ~, cerita itu hanyalah fitnah yg kejam; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| poleaxe | vt 1. strike hard with poleaxe, menghentak [sso] dgn kapak; 2. knock (so.) out, menyebabkan [sso] jatuh pengsan: he was ~d by a vicious blow on the head, dia jatuh pengsan akibat satu pukulan yg kuat di kepalanya; 3. (usu pass.) stun, /terkejut, terperanjat/ hingga tergamam: my mother was ~d by the terrible news, emak saya terperanjat hingga tergamam mendengar berita buruk itu. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| hack 1 | n 1. cut, notch made by axe, knife, takik: the school desks were covered with little ~s, meja-meja sekolah dipenuhi dgn takik-takik kecil; 2. kick on the shin as in rugby, football, tendangan, sepakan; 3. wound from sharp kick, luka akibat /tendangan, sepakan/; 4. chopping blow, tetak: with one vicious ~, he knocked the man unconscious, dgn sekali tetak yg ganas, dia menumbangkan lelaki itu sehingga tdk sedarkan diri; 5. harsh cough, batuk yg keras; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| circle | a ~ of /people, animals, things/ around /so., st/, /orang-orang, binatang, benda/ di sekeliling /sso, sst/; argue in ~s, berhujah berbalik-balik; come full ~, pulang ke asal; go round in ~s, a. move about confusedly, berpusing-pusing: the tourist went round in ~s trying to find their hotel, pelancong itu berpusing-pusing mencuba mencari hotelnya; b. use long complicated method, bercakap berbelit-belit: he always goes round in ~s when he tries to explain something, dia selalu bercakap berbelit-belit apabila dia mencuba menghuraikan sesuatu; c. go over the same ideas, berbalik-balik: they kept going round in ~s trying to decide what to do next, mereka berbalik-balik semasa mencuba menentukan apa yg harus dibuat selepas itu; /sit, stand, etc/ in ~ around /so., st/, /duduk, berdiri, dll/ /mengelilingi, di keliling/ /sso, sst/; vicious ~, a chain of cause and effect, lingkaran /ganas, syaitan/; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |