คลุมเครือ(klum kreuua)

Meanings

1AdjectiveB2

ambiguous; vague; unclear

unclear or lacking precision; open to more than one interpretation

Examples

คำตอบkam dtòpคำตอบkam dtòp1answer; reply2solution; correct answerของเขาkŏng kăoของเขาkŏng kăohis; hers; theirsคลุมเครือklum kreuuaคลุมเครือklum kreuua1ambiguous; vague; unclear2ambiguously; vaguely; indistinctlyจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ไม่รู้mâi rúuไม่รู้mâi rúu1[to] not know; be unaware (of); be uncertain2[!] I don't know.ว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillตกลงdtòk longตกลงdtòk long1[to] agree; reach an agreement2okay; agreed; deal3in the end; after all; as it turns out4[to] settle; finalizeหรือrĕuหรือrĕu1or (choice/alternative)2or?; really? (question/finality particle)3otherwise; or else (formal)ปฏิเสธbpà-dtì-sètปฏิเสธbpà-dtì-sèt1[to] refuse; decline2[to] deny3[to] reject
His answer was so vague that I couldn’t tell whether he agreed or refused.
2AdverbB2

ambiguously; vaguely; indistinctly

in a way that is unclear, imprecise, or open to more than one interpretation

Examples

คำอธิบายkam à-tí-baaiคำอธิบายkam à-tí-baai1explanation; clarification2explanatory note; caption; legend; descriptionของเขาkŏng kăoของเขาkŏng kăohis; hers; theirsคลุมเครือklum kreuuaคลุมเครือklum kreuua1ambiguous; vague; unclear2ambiguously; vaguely; indistinctlyจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofทุกคนtúk konทุกคนtúk koneveryone; everybodyตีdteeตีdtee1[to] swat; smack (insects/objects)2[to] forge; hammer (metal)3[to] print; stamp; imprint4[to] estimate; reckon; guess (roughly)5[to] interpret; construe; take as6[to] chase away; drive off7o'clock (ตี + number, night hours)8[to] hit; strike; beat9[to] play (percussion); strike (a gong/drum)ความไม่เหมือนกันkwaam mâi mĕuuan ganความไม่เหมือนกันkwaam mâi mĕuuan gandifference; dissimilarity
His explanation was so vague that everyone interpreted it differently.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

คลุมklumคลุมklum1[to] cover; drape [over]; put a cover on2[to] blanket; overlay3broad; sweeping; non-specific4[to] cover; include (costs/risks)Part 1
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เครือkreuuaเครือkreuua1vine; creeper; climbing plant2network; group; conglomerate3family line; kin network (regional/literary)Part 2
คลุมเครือklum kreuuaคลุมเครือklum kreuuaambiguous; vague; unclear