| work | 2. make (so.) work, mendera [sso] bekerja: he ~ed himself harder than he ~ed his men, dia mendera dirinya bekerja lebih keras drpd dia mendera orang-orangnya; the overseer ~ed the labourers hard, mandur itu mendera buruh-buruh bekerja keras; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| starve | ~ out, mendera supaya kebulur sehinggalah menyerah: the guerrillas decided to ~ out the traitors, gerila-gerila itu memutuskan utk mendera pembelot-pembelot tersebut supaya kebulur sehinggalah menyerah. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| starve | 4. force into stated condition, mendera [sso, sst] supaya kebulur: they ~d him into giving the information, mereka menderanya supaya kebulur sehinggalah memberikan maklumat itu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| kill | ~ os, a. membunuh diri; b. (fig.), /menyeksa, mendera/ diri sso (sendiri): he’s ~ing himself with all that work, dia menyiksa dirinya memikul beban kerjanya itu; be ~ed, be deprived of life, a. (of perso | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| rag 2 | vt (tease) mengusik; (play rough practical jokes on) mendera: they ~ged him about his accent, mereka mengusiknya ttg telornya; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| wringer | /go, be put/ through the ~, (colloq) a. be subjected to torture, mendera: the police put him through the ~ and finally got a confession out of him, pihak polis telah menderanya dan akhirnya dia telah membuat pengakuan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| nightmare | n 1. bad dream, mimpi buruk: in his ~s, they tortured his mother in front of him, dlm mimpi buruknya, mereka mendera ibunya di hadapannya; have a ~, mengigau, bermimpi buruk: I had a ~ about being strangled by a huge man, saya mengigau bahawa saya dicekik oleh lelaki yg sangat agam; 2. (colloq) terrifying experience, pengalaman yg mengerikan: driving along the narrow mountain roads was a ~, memandu sepanjang jalan yg sempit di gunung itu ialah pengalaman yg mengerikan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| unsparing | adj 1. merciless, tdk mempunyai (rasa) belas kasihan: an ~ employer who drove his workers to the limit, majikan yg tdk mempunyai belas kasihan dan mendera pekerja-pekerjanya bekerja sekuat-kuatnya; he was an ~ critic of himself and of others, dia pengkritik yg tdk mempunyai belas kasihan thdp dirinya dan thdp orang lain; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| abuse | vt 1. misuse, a. (power, privilege, etc) menyalahgunakan: to ~ o’s authority, menyalahgunakan kuasa sso; b. (trust, confidence, etc) mensia-siakan; 2. revil, mencaci maki, memaki-maki: he often ~s his wife, dia sering mencaci maki isterinya; 3. maltreat, mendera, menganiayai: the court found that the child had been ~d on three occasions, mahkamah mendapati kanak-kanak itu telah didera tiga kali. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |