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senget

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Malaysia/ˈseŋ.et/

senget adjective: askew, uneven, not straight.

Adjective

senget (comparative more senget, superlative most senget)

  1. (Manglish, Singlish) Askew, uneven, not straight.
  2. (Singlish, broadly, never attributive) Crooked or dishevelled.
    • What do you dislike about your appearance? My hair. It’s very difficult to maintain and when it’s too long it becomes senget (untidy).1991 March 26, The Straits Times, quoted in Jack Tsen-Ta Lee, A Dictionary of Singlish and Singapore English, Singapore: Singapore Press Holdings Limited

Forms of senget

comparativemore senget
superlativemost senget

Origin of senget

Borrowed from Malay senget.

Questions about senget

What does senget mean?
Senget means askew, uneven, not straight.
What part of speech is senget?
Senget is an adjective.
How do you pronounce senget?
Senget is pronounced /ˈseŋ.et/ (Malaysia).

Words near senget in the dictionary

  1. Seng
  2. Senga
  3. Sengas
  4. Senger
  5. Sengers
  6. senget
  7. Senggey
  8. Senghenydd
  9. sengi
  10. sengierite
  11. sengis

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