miring

English

Verb

miring

1. present participle and gerund of mire

Anagrams

• MRIing, riming

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

• “miring” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.