| connotation | n konotasi: the word “prison” has ~s of loneliness and misery, perkataan “penjara” mempunyai konotasi kesepian dan kesengsaraan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| apathetic | adj 1. having, showing no emotion, bersikap /tdk peduli, apati/: he was quite ~ to their sufferings, dia bersikap apati thdp kesengsaraan mereka; 2. indifferent, bersikap /acuh tak acuh, endah tak endah, apati/: the townspeople were too ~, orang-orang bandar itu bersikap terlalu acuh tak acuh. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| excruciating | adj 1. acute, tdk tertahan: an ~ backache, sakit belakang yg tdk tertahan; 2. extremely difficult to bear, tdk tertanggung: ~ misery, kesengsaraan yg tdk tertanggung; 3. (jocular) very bad, mengazabkan: an ~ musical, drama muzik yg mengazabkan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| equation | n 1. (math) persamaan; 2. (fml) state of being equal or equally balanced, persamaan: there appears to be an ~ between poverty and misery, nampaknya ada persamaan antara kemiskinan dan kesengsaraan; 3. act of making equal, penyamaan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| breed | vt 1. produce (offspring) melahirkan; 2. reproduce, cause to propagate, membiakkan baka: to ~ cattle, membiakkan baka lembu; 3. create, give rise to, menimbulkan; (st unfavourable) mengakibatkan; (disease) membawa: war ~s misery and ruin, peperangan menimbulkan kesengsaraan dan kemusnahan; flies ~ disease, lalat membawa penyakit; 4. bring up, rear, membesarkan, mendidik, mengasuh: he was born and bred a gentleman, dia dilahirkan dan dibesarkan sbg lelaki yg bersopan santun; he was bred in the old tradition, dia dibesarkan dlm tradisi lama; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| eloquent | adj 1. skilled in use of language, mahir menggunakan bahasa; (of orator) pandai /berucap, berpidato, bertutur/: he is a very ~ writer, dia pengarang yg sangat mahir menggunakan bahasa; 2. (of person, language ), (fluent) petah, fasih, lancar; (moving) mengharukan, memilukan; (persuasive, forceful) meyakinkan, berkesan: an ~ description of the miserable plight of the refugees, gambaran yg mengharukan ttg kesengsaraan orang-orang pelarian itu; 3. vividly expressive (of st) mencerminkan: her dark, haunted eyes, ~ of the terrors through which she had lived, matanya yg hitam dan penuh kengerian mencerminkan kezaliman yg pernah dilaluinya; 4. full of meaning, bermakna, penuh makna: a single, malevolent glance from his steely blue eyes was more ~ than an hour of Hitler’s mad oratory, kerlingan matanya yg biru waja yg membayangkan niat jahatnya, lebih bermakna drpd sejam penuh pidato gila Hitler. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |