miring

English

Verb

miring

  1. present participle and gerund of mire

Anagrams

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay miring. The sense of cursive or italic scripts are semantic loan from Chinese 斜體／斜体 (xiétǐ, “italics, slanting script”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈmiriŋ/ [ˈmi.rɪŋ]
  • Rhymes: -iriŋ
  • Syllabification: mi‧ring

Adjective

miring (comparative lebih miring, superlative paling miring)

  1. inclined, oblique
    Synonym: landai
    Antonym: datar
  2. tilted
    Synonym: condong
  3. cursive, italic
    Synonyms: kursif, italik
  4. (figurative) crazy
    Synonyms: gila, sinting
  5. (figurative) cheap
    Synonym: murah

Derived terms

  • kemiringan (“slope, askewness”)
  • memiringkan (“to tilt, make askew”)

Noun

miring (plural miring-miring)

  1. a freak person, an oddball

Verb

miring

  1. to incline
  2. to slope

Further reading

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