| forbidding | adj menggerunkan: ~ cliffs, cenuram yg menggerunkan; he looks ~, rupanya menggerunkan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| boyish | adj 1. of, like a boy, kebudak-budakan: his ~ appearance, rupanya yg kebudak-budakan; ~ behaviour, perangai kebudak-budakan; 2. tomboyish, spt budak lelaki. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| formidable | adj 1. causing dread or awe, menggerunkan: a man of ~ appearance, lelaki yg rupanya menggerunkan; my landlady is pretty ~, tuan rumah saya cukup menggerunkan; 2. difficult to acccomplish or overcome, sukar + approp v: a ~ task, tugas yg sukar dilaksanakan; he is a ~ opponent in debate, dia penentang yg sukar diatasi dlm perdebatan; 3. tending to inspire awe, mengagumkan: his memory is ~, daya ingatannya mengagumkan; a soprano with a ~ voice, penyanyi soprano yg mempunyai suara yg mengagumkan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| best | (all) for the ~, a. with good intentions, dgn /niat, tujuan/ baik; b. desirable in the end, rupa-rupanya mendatangkan kebaikan akhirnya; all the ~, selamat /sejahtera, maju jaya/; at ~, paling + approp adj: at ~ we can finish the project at the end of next year, paling cepat kami dapat menyelesaikan projek ini pd akhir tahun hadapan; pd /puncaknya, tahap kecemerlangannya/; at o’s ~, paling /bagus, baik/; at the ~ of times, dlm keadaan yg paling baik; do o’s (level) ~, /berusaha, mencuba/ /seboleh-bolehnya, sedapat-dapatnya/; /get, have/ the ~ of (it) mendapat /kemenangan, kejayaan/, menang: he had the ~ of the fight with his opponent, dia mendapat kemenangan dlm pertarungan dgn lawannya; the Trade Union was having the ~ of it in the dispute, Kesatuan Sekerja mendapat kemenangan dlm pertikaian itu; make the ~ of, /mengambil manfaat dr, memanfaatkan/ [sst] dgn sebaik-baiknya: to make the ~ of o’s opportunities, mengambil manfaat dr kesempatan yg ada dgn sebaik-baiknya; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| freakish | adj aneh, pelik: ~ weather, cuaca yg pelik; a ~ -looking person, with short legs and a large body, seorang yg aneh rupanya, berkaki pendek dan berbadan besar. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| horrible | adj 1. causing horror, menggerunkan, mengerikan, dahsyat: crimes too ~ to describe, jenayah yg terlalu dahsyat utk digambarkan; a ~ - looking monster, raksasa yg rupanya menggerunkan; a ~, bloody death, kematian berdarah yg mengerikan; 2. (colloq) unpleasant, dahsyat, teruk: what a ~ dress!, teruknya baju itu!. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| creature | n 1. living thing, makhluk; (specif animal) haiwan, binatang: God’s ~s, makhluk Tuhan; strange-looking ~s, makhluk yg aneh rupanya; the wild ~s of the wood, binatang liar di hutan; dumb ~s, haiwan, binatang; 2. person of the stated kind, orang: what a lovely ~, cantik betul orang itu; the poor ~ has not eaten for days, orang yg malang itu sudah beberapa hari tdk makan; 3. tool, alat: they are ~s of the Mafia, mereka ialah alat Mafia. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| incognito | adj (with an assumed name) menggunakan nama lain (supaya tdk dikenali); (in disguise) menyamar: the man turned out to be a ing ~, lelaki itu rupa-rupanya ialah raja yg menggunakan nama lain supaya tdk dikenali; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| intrinsic | adj [various translations]; (tech) intrinsik: his ~ worth has never been recognized because of his unprepossessing appearance, orang tdk nampak sifat-sifat baik yg ada pd dirinya disebabkan rupanya yg tdk menarik; the ~ merits of the idea, kebaikan yg terkandung dlm gagasan tersebut; problems ~ in such a system, masalah yg memang wujud dlm sistem spt itu; the ~ value of the coin, nilai intrinsik duit syiling itu; ~ motivation, dorongan intrinsik; be of ~ interest, menarik (perhatian); be of ~ value, tdk bernilai: a medal of no ~ value, pingat yg tdk bernilai. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| dud | n (colloq) 1. bomb, shell, firework, etc that fails to explode, (bom yg) tak berguna: the bomb turned out to be a ~, bom itu rupa-rupanya tak berguna; 2. counterfeit, (approp n) palsu: the one hundred dollar bill he gave me was a ~, duit seratus dolar yg diberikannya kpd saya itu palsu; 3. so. who is considered useless, (orang yg) tdk berguna: our new supervisor is a real ~, penyelia baru kami betul-betul tdk berguna. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |