กระวนกระวาย(grà-won grà-waai)
Meanings
1AdjectiveB2
restless; anxious; agitated
Feeling or showing a combination of anxiety, restlessness, and impatience; unable to be still or calm due to worry or agitation.
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillรู้สึกrúu-sèukรู้สึกrúu-sèuk1[to] feel; sense2[to] feel (linking verb use)3[to] feel that…; think (impression/opinion)กระวนกระวายใจgrà-won grà-waai jaiกระวนกระวายใจgrà-won grà-waai jai1anxious; restless2[to] feel anxious; be restlessขณะkà-nàขณะkà-nà1moment; period of time2while; at the time whenรอฟังror fangรอฟังror fang1[to] wait to hear; stay tuned2[to] await instructions/ordersผลสอบpŏn sòpผลสอบpŏn sòpexam result; test score
He felt anxious while waiting for the exam results.
2VerbB2
[to] be restless; fret; be agitated
To be in a state of anxiety and restlessness; to fret or fidget impatiently.
Examples
อย่าyàaอย่าyàa1don’t; do not (negative imperative)2don’t … yet; hold offกระวนกระวายgrà-won grà-waaiกระวนกระวายgrà-won grà-waai1restless; anxious; agitated2[to] be restless; fret; be agitatedไปเลยbpai loieไปเลยbpai loie1[!] Go ahead; go right now2completely; all the way; way too (post‑verb/adj intensifier)3go straight on; go past; continue on (directions)เดี๋ยวdĭiaoเดี๋ยวdĭiao1soon; in a moment2for a moment; briefly; one moment3wait! just a moment4if … then (warning; colloquial)5alternating; now … now …เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerโทรกลับtoh glàpโทรกลับtoh glàp[to] call [sb] back; [to] return a callมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerเองayngเองayng1oneself; personally; by oneself2exactly that/itself3emphatic particle (self/only)แหละlàeแหละlàeemphasis/focus particle (colloquial)
Don't fret, he'll call back on his own.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
กระวนกระวายใจgrà-won grà-waai jaiกระวนกระวายใจgrà-won grà-waai jai1anxious; restless2[to] feel anxious; be restless
- anxious; restless
- [to] feel anxious; be restless
ทุรนทุรายtú-ron-tú-raaiทุรนทุรายtú-ron-tú-raai1[to] writhe; be in agony; be frantic2[to] be tormented by craving or emotion
- [to] writhe; be in agony; be frantic
- [to] be tormented by craving or emotion
ลุกลี้ลุกลนlúk lée lúk lonลุกลี้ลุกลนlúk lée lúk lon1restless; fidgety; agitated2[to] fuss about nervously
- restless; fidgety; agitated
- [to] fuss about nervously
ระส่ำระสายrà-sàm-rà-săaiระส่ำระสายrà-sàm-rà-săai1in turmoil; in disarray; chaotic2restless; agitated; unsettled
- in turmoil; in disarray; chaotic
- restless; agitated; unsettled
ร้อนรนrón ronร้อนรนrón ronagitated; anxious; restless
agitated; anxious; restless
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กระวนกระวายgrà-won grà-waaiกระวนกระวายgrà-won grà-waairestless; anxious; agitated