| unjustified | adj tdk /ada justifikasi, wajar/: his criticism was ~, kritikannya tdk ada justifikasi. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| take | hard to ~, sukar hendak diterima: they find his criticism hard to ~, mereka mendapati kritikannya sukar hendak diterima; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| fiddling | adj (colloq) remeh(-temeh): take no notice of his ~ criticisms, jangan hiraukan kritikannya yg remeh. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| acute | adj 1. keenly perceptive, shrewd, tajam + approp n: an ~ critic, seorang pengkritik yg tajam kritikannya; an ~ businessman, ahli perniagaan yg tajam perkiraannya; 2. sensitive, keen, tajam: an ~ sense of smell, deria bau yg tajam; ~ hearing, pendengaran yg tajam; 3. critical, genting, runcing: an ~ shortage of steel, masalah kekurangan keluli yg genting; 4. intense, amat sangat: ~ distress, kesedihan yg amat sangat; ~ pains in the chest, rasa sakit yg amat sangat di dada; 5. (of illness) akut, mendadak: ~ appendicitis, apendisitis akut; an ~ attack of pneumonia, serangan pneumonia yg mendadak; 6. ( math) a. (of angle) tirus: ~ angle, sudut tirus; b. (of triangle) bersudut tirus. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| heart | take ~ from, mendapat semangat drpd; take to ~, /berasa kecil hati, ambil hati thdp/: don’t take his criticism to ~, jangan ambil hati thdp kritikannya; to o’s ~’s content, sepuas-puasnya: the children played to their ~s’ content, budak-budak itu bermain sepuas-puasnya; wear o’s ~ on o’s sleeve, /menunjukkan, memperlihatkan/perasaan sso: he is not the type of man to wear his ~ on his sleeve, dia bukan jenis lelaki yg suka memperlihatkan perasaannya; with all o’s ~, dgn setulus hati: I wish you well with all my ~, saya dgn setulus hati mendoakan kesejahteraan saudara; young at ~, berhati muda, muda di hati. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| drag | ~ so. down, a. cause so. to be in low spirits, menyebabkan sso /murung, tdk bersemangat/: his constant criticism of my work is ~ging me down, kritikannya yg tak henti-henti ttg kerja saya menyebabkan saya murung; b. weaken so., melemahkan sso: all that food is ~ging me down, makanan itu melemahkan saya; c. cause so. to degenerate, merosakkan sso; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| gentle | dahan menyentuh cermin tingkap; give so. a ~ /push, nudge, etc/, /menolak, menyigung, dll/ sso dgn perlahan: she gave her friend a ~ nudge with her elbow, dia menyigung kawannya dgn perlahan; 4. mild, a. (of wind, breeze) sepoi-sepoi (bahasa); b. (of rain) renyai(-renyai); 5. not steep, landai: ~ slopes, cerun yg landai; 6. not severe, not hurtful, lembut: his ~ criticism of the book was welcomed, kritikannya yg lembut thdp buku itu dialu-alukan; even a ~ reproach makes her cry, teguran lembut sekali pun membuat dia menangis; ~ teasing, usikan lembut; 7. slow, moderate, perlahan: she cooked the rice over a ~ fire, dia memasak nasi di atas api yg perlahan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| close | ~ by, berhampiran, berdekatan; ~ / on, upon/, almost, hampir: he was ~ on eighty, umurnya hampir lapan puluh tahun; ~ to, at only a short distance from, berhampiran dgn, dekat dgn: she sat ~ to me, dia duduk dekat dgn saya; they live ~ to the post office, mereka tinggal berhampiran dgn pejabat pos; ~ to home, hampir mengenai sasaran; ~ together, dekat-dekat: to stand ~ together, berdiri dekat-dekat; come ~ to, almost, hampir(-hampir): she came ~ to losing her job, dia hampir-hampir dibuang kerja; sail ~ to the wind, a. belayar menyongsong angin; b. (fig.) hampir melanggar tatasusila: he sails ~ to the wind in his criticism of the government, dia hampir melanggar tatasusila dlm kritikannya thdp kerajaan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |