Meaning of jialat | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Sapping of one’s strength; tiresome.
   Manglish, Singlish, archaic
2. Terrible, disastrous; (of a person) affected by difficulties, in a dire situation.
   Manglish, Singlish, broadly, common

Examples

“wah lao...... jialat ahhhh you.”

“None of the economists polled expect the economy to contract - be it a technical recession or a real recession - and hit the alamak and jialat ranges.”

“Jialat, jialat (very serious). This one jialat. Tell me about it man. Did you use it?”

“According to his doctors, every minute he had remained unconscious would have added to his life being in danger. "If it were 10 minutes... jialat (terrible)!" he said.”

“Seeing my Dad in that state was a huge shock. I was like ‘eh what the fuck! What’s wrong with you?!’ […] ‘Lucky I didn’t die, boy!’ he told me. Jialat sia.”

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