ครอบงำ(krôp ngam)

Meanings

1VerbB2

[to] dominate; control

to exercise overpowering influence or control over someone or something

Examples

บริษัทใหญ่bò-rí-sàt yàiบริษัทใหญ่bò-rí-sàt yàilarge company; corporationพยายามpà-yaa-yaamพยายามpà-yaa-yaam[to] try; attemptครอบงำkrôp ngamครอบงำkrôp ngam1[to] dominate; control2[to] overwhelm; dominate (emotion/influence)ตลาดdtà-làatตลาดdtà-làat1popular; mainstream (colloq.)2market; marketplace3market (economic demand/sector)ด้วยdûuayด้วยdûuay1with; together with2also; too; as well3by; by means of; using4because; since (formal/literary)5polite/softening sentence particle (formal)6because of; due toการgaanการgaan1nominalizer2act; action; process3affair; matterลดราคาlót raa-kaaลดราคาlót raa-kaa1[to] discount; [to] reduce the price2on sale; discounted3price markdown; discount eventอย่างหนักyàang nàkอย่างหนักyàang nàkheavily; severely; seriously; intensely
The big company tries to dominate the market by slashing prices.
2VerbB2

[to] overwhelm; dominate (emotion/influence)

to affect someone so strongly—emotionally or psychologically—that it limits their free action or judgment; to dominate their thinking

Examples

ความกลัวkwaam gluuaความกลัวkwaam gluuafear; dread; apprehensionครอบงำkrôp ngamครอบงำkrôp ngam1[to] dominate; control2[to] overwhelm; dominate (emotion/influence)เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofตัดสินใจdtàt-sĭn-jaiตัดสินใจdtàt-sĭn-jai[to] decideอะไรà-raiอะไรà-rai1what2which; what (modifier)3something; anything (unspecified)4what? (interjection of surprise/confusion)ไม่ได้mâi dâaiไม่ได้mâi dâai1cannot; not allowed; impossible2did not3[to] fail to get/receive [sth]4unacceptable; not allowed (won’t do)5No way!; absolutely not6not really/actually (corrective)
Fear overwhelmed him to the point that he couldn't make any decisions.

Related Words

Similar Meaning

ควบคุมkûap-kumควบคุมkûap-kum1[to] control; regulate; manage2[to] restrain; keep in check3for control; supervisory (modifier)
  • [to] control; regulate; manage
  • [to] restrain; keep in check
  • for control; supervisory (modifier)
กลืนกินgleuun ginกลืนกินgleuun gin1[to] devour; swallow up2[to] engulf; consume; overrun3[to] absorb; subsume; drain (resources)
  • [to] devour; swallow up
  • [to] engulf; consume; overrun
  • [to] absorb; subsume; drain (resources)
โดมินันต์doh-mí-nanโดมินันต์doh-mí-nan1dominant; most powerful/influential2dominant (music: scale degree/chord)3dominant (music: function)
  • dominant; most powerful/influential
  • dominant (music: scale degree/chord)
  • dominant (music: function)
มีอิทธิพลเหนือmee ít-thí-pon nĕuuaมีอิทธิพลเหนือmee ít-thí-pon nĕuua[to] have influence over [sb/sth]

[to] have influence over [sb/sth]

บงการbong gaanบงการbong gaan1[to] command; order; direct2[to] orchestrate; pull the strings
  • [to] command; order; direct
  • [to] orchestrate; pull the strings