ขนลุก

kŏn lúk

Meanings

1NounB1

[to] get goosebumps

for the fine hairs on the skin to stand up from cold, fear, awe, or strong emotion; gooseflesh

Examples

เมื่อคืนmêuua keunเมื่อคืนmêuua keun1last night (the night before today)2last nightลมหนาวlom năaoลมหนาวlom năao1cold wind; winter wind2wintry feel; chilly atmosphereพัดpátพัดpát1[to] blow; [to] fan2[to] be blown/waft3fan (device)4classifier: fansแรงraengแรงraeng1strong; intense; severe2force; strength; power3hard; strongly (adverbial use)จนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ขนลุกkŏn lúkขนลุกkŏn lúk1[to] get goosebumps2goosebumps3creepy; spine-chilling (predicative)ทั้งtángทั้งtáng1whole; entire2all3both4altogether; entirely5even; as many/much asแขนkăaenแขนkăaen1arm (body part)2arm; extension (of object)3arm (of organization)4classifier: sleeves; arms
Last night the cold wind blew so hard that the hairs on my arms stood up.
2NounB1

goosebumps

the small bumps on the skin when hairs stand up (from cold, fear, or emotion); goosebumps/gooseflesh

Examples

ลมหนาวlom năaoลมหนาวlom năao1cold wind; winter wind2wintry feel; chilly atmosphereพัดมาpát maaพัดมาpát maa[to] blow towardsแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ขนลุกkŏn lúkขนลุกkŏn lúk1[to] get goosebumps2goosebumps3creepy; spine-chilling (predicative)เต็มdtemเต็มdtem1full; filled2complete; entire; full (amount)3[to] be full4fully; completely; to the fullแขนkăaenแขนkăaen1arm (body part)2arm; extension (of object)3arm (of organization)4classifier: sleeves; arms
A cold wind blew and I got goosebumps all over my arms.
3NounB2

creepy; spine-chilling (predicative)

describing something that causes goosebumps or a creepy feeling; used predicatively in colloquial speech (e.g., เพลงนี้ขนลุกมาก ‘this song gives me goosebumps’)

Examples

เสียงsĭiangเสียงsĭiang1sound; noise2voice3vote4tone; timbre5phonetic toneนักร้องnák róngนักร้องnák róngsinger; vocalistคนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleนั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)ทรงพลังsong pá-langทรงพลังsong pá-lang1powerful; strong2impactful; forcefulจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofฟังfangฟังfang1listen2heed3[to] sound; seem (to the ear)แล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)ขนลุกkŏn lúkขนลุกkŏn lúk1[to] get goosebumps2goosebumps3creepy; spine-chilling (predicative)
That singer’s voice is so powerful that it gives me goosebumps.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ขนkŏnขนkŏn1hair; fur (body hair of people/animals)2goosebumps; hair standing on end3[to] transport; haul; carry (goods)4classifier: strands of hair/furPart 1
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ลุกlúkลุกlúk1[to] get up; rise (from sitting/lying)2[to] stand up3[of flames/emotions/conflict] flare up; eruptPart 2
ขนลุกkŏn lúkขนลุกkŏn lúk[to] get goosebumps