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suay

suay adjective: unlucky, unfortunate.

Adjective

suay (comparative more suay, superlative most suay)

  1. (Singapore, Singlish, colloquial) unlucky, unfortunate
    • You want to seem like you've actually read all 3 books, but — damn suay — even The New Paper is too 'cheem' for you. Neh'mine!2003 December 12, jay, “tolkien would turn over in his grave.......”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet)

Forms of suay

comparativemore suay
superlativemost suay

Origin of suay

Borrowed from Hokkien 衰 (soe).

Phrases with suay

Questions about suay

What does suay mean?
Suay means unlucky, unfortunate.
What part of speech is suay?
Suay is an adjective.

Words near suay in the dictionary

  1. suavities
  2. suavitude
  3. suavity
  4. suavo
  5. suavos
  6. suay
  7. Suazo
  8. Suazos
  9. sub
  10. sub atomic
  11. sub bench

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