suram
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay suram. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈsuram/ [ˈsu.ram]
- Rhymes: -uram
- Syllabification: su‧ram
Adjective
suram (comparative lebih suram, superlative paling suram)
- dark, dim, not bright.
- cloudy, gloomy, overcast.
- tarnished.
- depressed, gloomy, not cheerful.
- dull, not clear.
- bleak, uncertain.
- dismal
- grim
- dreary
- mirk, murk, murky
- somber, sombre
- grave
- cheerless
- shadowy
- sour
- glum
- gaunt
- feeble
- muzzy
- vague
- sepulchral
- tenebrous
- dimmish, funereal, lugubrious
- dyspeptic
- gruff
- saturnine
Derived terms
- kesuraman
- menyuram
- menyuramkan
- suram-suram
- tersuram
Further reading
- “suram”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Latin
Noun
sūram
- accusative singular of sūra