| sophistry | n 1. employment of deceptive argument, kaedah berhujah yg licik: he argued with all the ~ of a lawyer, dia berhujah dgn segala kaedah berhujah yg licik seorang peguam; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| moralize | vi often ~ /about, on, over/, berhujah ttg soal moral: I wish he wouldn’t ~ so much, saya harap dia tdk terlalu berhujah ttg soal moral; he’s always moralizing about something, dia selalu berhujah ttg soal moral sesuatu. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| reason | ~ with so., berhujah dgn sso: I ~ed with her for hours, but I couldn’t convince her, saya berhujah dengannya berjam-jam, tetapi saya tdk dapat meyakinkannya; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| expostulate | vi (fml), (with so.) berbantah; (about, on, against st) berhujah membantah; (in direct speech) membantah, bantahnya: she ~d with him about the consequences of such a drastic action, dia berbantah dengannya akibat tindakan drastik begitu; the Iraqi ambassador to the UN ~d about American interference in their internal affairs, duta Iraq ke PBB berhujah membantah campur tangan Amerika dlm hal-hal negaranya. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| sparring match | n good humoured, not serious, a. (argument) berhujah, bertengkar, berbalah; b. (boxing practise) berlatih bertinju. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| sparring partner | 2. person with whom one enjoys having an argument, kawan /berbalah, bertengkar, berhujah/: the two politicians were old ~s, kedua-dua ahli politik itu merupakan kawan berbalah sejak lama dulu. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| chop 2 | vi & vt; ~ and change, berubah-ubah, bertukar-tukar; ~ logic, berhujah. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| contrariwise | adv on the contrary, conversely, sebaliknya: in Europe motorists drive on the left hand side, but in England it is ~, di Eropah pemandu membawa kereta di sebelah kiri tetapi di England sebaliknya; I argued for reform and he argued ~, saya berhujah menyokong perubahan tetapi dia berhujah sebaliknya. | 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 |
| pointless | adj 1. having no aim, purpose, tdk ada /gunanya, faedahnya/: it’s ~ to reason with her because her mind is already made up, tdk ada gunanya berhujah dengannya krn dia sudah membuat keputusan; 2. (sport) without points scored, tanpa mencapai sebarang mata. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |