ขัดเขิน(kàt kĕrn)

Meanings

1AdjectiveB1

shy; embarrassed; awkward; ill at ease

Feeling shy, embarrassed, or socially awkward; ill at ease or uneasy in a situation.

Examples

ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)รู้สึกrúu-sèukรู้สึกrúu-sèuk1[to] feel; sense2[to] feel (linking verb use)3[to] feel that…; think (impression/opinion)ขัดเขินkàt kĕrnขัดเขินkàt kĕrn1shy; embarrassed; awkward; ill at ease2[to] feel awkward/embarrassed; [to] feel ill at easeเวลาway-laaเวลาway-laa1time2time; period; occasion3when; at the time (that)4time (classifier) [rare/idiomatic]เจอjerเจอjer1[to] meet; run into2[to] face; experience3[to] find; come acrossคนแปลกหน้าkon bplàek nâaคนแปลกหน้าkon bplàek nâastrangerเยอะๆyér-yérเยอะๆyér-yér1a lot; in large amounts (colloquial, emphatic)2many; numerous (colloquial, emphatic)
I feel awkward when I meet lots of strangers.
2VerbB1

[to] feel awkward/embarrassed; [to] feel ill at ease

To feel shy, embarrassed, or uneasy in a situation; to be socially awkward.

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillขัดเขินkàt kĕrnขัดเขินkàt kĕrn1shy; embarrassed; awkward; ill at ease2[to] feel awkward/embarrassed; [to] feel ill at easeตอนdtonตอนdton1episode; chapter2when; at the time (of)3section; part4time segment; periodต้องdtôngต้องdtông1must; have to2should; likely to; bound to3correct; rightพูดpôotพูดpôot1[to] speak; talk2[to] say; speak3[to] tell; talk aboutแนะนำตัวnáe-nam dtuuaแนะนำตัวnáe-nam dtuua[to] introduce oneselfหน้าnâaหน้าnâa1front; frontage2next; upcoming3face—prefix (before nouns)4in front; at the front5season (in names)6page7faceห้องเรียนhông riianห้องเรียนhông riianclassroomแต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2only; just (restriction)3from; since (starting point)4even; despite (emphatic concessive)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerพยายามpà-yaa-yaamพยายามpà-yaa-yaam[to] try; attemptพูดpôotพูดpôot1[to] speak; talk2[to] say; speak3[to] tell; talk aboutจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofจบjòpจบjòp1[to] end; be over2[to] complete; finish (an activity/task)3[to] graduate4finished; over; done5[to] drop it; end (discussion/argument)
He felt awkward when he had to introduce himself in front of the class, but he tried to finish.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ขัดkàtขัดkàt1[to] feel awkward; be ill at ease2[to] scrub; scour3abrasive; scratchy4[to] obstruct; block5[to] polish; buff6[to] oppose; contradictPart 1
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เขินkŏenเขินkŏen1shy; embarrassed2[to] feel shy/embarrassed3bashful (cute/romantic nuance)Part 2
ขัดเขินkàt kĕrnขัดเขินkàt kĕrnshy; embarrassed; awkward; ill at ease