EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
deplorable, miserable, wretched...
callousness, heartlessness, lack of compassion...
impenitence, obstinacy in sin...
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.
/ka-dus-ta-DUS-ta/
FIL: Nasa kalagayang lubhang kaawa-awa, hamak, at kasuklam-suklam.
EN: deplorable, miserable, wretched
This is when a situation is so bad, it's beyond 'nakakaawa.' Think of the living conditions in a disaster zone or how you feel after your 13th-month pay disappears in one day of Christmas shopping. It's that level of tragic.
From ka- (denoting quality) + reduplication of dusta (wretched, from Sanskrit 'duṣṭa').
The reduplication 'dusta-dusta' intensifies the meaning, making it 'most deplorable' or 'utterly wretched.'
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🇵🇭 Ang kadusta-dusta niyang kalagayan ay bunga ng maraming maling desisyon sa buhay.
🇺🇸 His deplorable condition is the result of many wrong decisions in life.
🇵🇭 Nakatira sila sa isang kadusta-dusta na barung-barong.
🇺🇸 They live in a wretched shanty.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.