Bahasa Melayu
sesat
English
deviant, pervert, morally astray
A person who behaves in a morally wrong or deviant way.
سست
Examples
Contoh ayat
Masyarakat menolak perbuatan sesat.
Society rejects deviant behaviour.
Dia tidak mahu berkawan dengan orang sesat.
He did not want to be friends with a deviant person.
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sesat
Here it refers to a person with wrong moral behaviour.
Word family
Common derived forms
- menyesatkan
- to mislead; to cause to go astray
- tersesat
- to be misled; to go astray
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