Meanings
adjectivesenget (comparative more senget, superlative most senget)
comparative more senget · superlative most senget
- Singlishbroadlynever attributiveCrooked or dishevelled.
What do you dislike about your appearance? My hair. It’s very difficult to maintain and when it’s too long it becomes senget (untidy).
1991 March 26, The Straits Times, quoted in Jack Tsen-Ta Lee, A Dictionary of Singlish and Singapore English, Singapore: Singapore Press Holdings Limited
Origin
- Malaysenget
- Englishsenget
Borrowed from Malay senget.
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APA
senget. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/senget
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“senget.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/senget. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “senget,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/senget.
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