murung

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay murung, from Javanese ꦩꦸꦫꦸꦁ (murung, “to fail to happen”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈmuruŋ/ [ˈmu.rʊŋ]
• Rhymes: -uruŋ
• Syllabification: mu‧rung

Adjective

murung (comparative lebih murung, superlative paling murung)

1. dejected, depressed, down, gloomy, sad

Synonyms

• masygul
• sedih

Derived terms

• kemurungan
• memurungkan
• pemurung

Further reading

• “murung”, 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