sinisBahasa Indonesia

bitter, acrimonious, cynical, dry, ironic

Less common #15,061 of the corpus · 3.4 per million words · 14,552 occurrences

Adjective

Humorously sarcastic or mocking

English: dry, ironic, ironical, wry

Bahasa: bersahaja, selamba

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Expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds

English: sarcastic

Bahasa: menyindir, tajam mulut

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4 more adjective senses

Disdainfully or ironically humorous, scornful and mocking

English: sardonic

Bahasa: mengejek, sindiran

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Believing the worst of human nature and motives, having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others

English: cynical, misanthropic, misanthropical

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Expressive of severe grief or regret

English: bitter

Bahasa: menyakitkan, pahit, kepedihan

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Causing a sharp and acrid taste experience;"quinine is bitter"

English: bitter

Bahasa: menyakitkan, pahit

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