Bahasa Melayu

mengusutkan

Bahasa Melayu

English

entangle, confuse, complicate

Mengusutkan means to make something tangled, confusing, or more complicated.

مڠوسوتكن

Examples

Contoh ayat

  1. Masalah kecil jangan mengusutkan keadaan.

    Do not complicate the situation with a small problem.

  2. Sikapnya yang tergesa-gesa mengusutkan urusan itu.

    His hurried attitude made the matter confusing.

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mengusutkan

Used when something becomes more tangled or difficult to understand.

Word family

Common derived forms

mengusut
to investigate; to make tangled
berkusut
be tangled; be ruffled
kekusutan
confusion; disorder

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Historical MyKamus entry, originally published 30 September 2010.