ถือความ(tĕu kwaam)

Meanings

1VerbB2

[to] take offense

To take something to heart and feel offended by it.

Examples

อย่าyàaอย่าyàa1don’t; do not (negative imperative)2don’t … yet; hold offถือความtĕu kwaamถือความtĕu kwaam1[to] take offense2[to] hold a grudge; bear resentmentเลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillแค่kâeแค่kâe1only; just2merely; simply (downplaying)3only; just (preposition)พูดเล่นpôot lênพูดเล่นpôot lên[to] joke; [to] kid
Don’t take it to heart; he was just joking.
2VerbB2

[to] hold a grudge; bear resentment

To keep resentment or ill feeling toward someone over a perceived slight or wrongdoing.

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillบอกว่าbòk wâaบอกว่าbòk wâa1[to] say/tell that; report/declare that2[of text/sign] say/indicate thatไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)ถือความtĕu kwaamถือความtĕu kwaam1[to] take offense2[to] hold a grudge; bear resentmentแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)แม้máeแม้máe1even2even; even if; althoughเพื่อนpêuuanเพื่อนpêuuan1friend2classmate; colleague (peer)3companion; fellowจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ลืมleuumลืมleuum1[to] forget2[to] leave behind (by forgetting)3forget to; omit unintentionallyมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerรับrápรับráp1[to] receive; get2[to] accept3[to] pick up; collect4[to] admit; confess5[to] take (a call/order/job)6[to] take; catch (transport)7[to] host; welcome8[to] withstand; bearหลายlăaiหลายlăai1many; several2many; numerous (as a pronoun)ครั้งkrángครั้งkráng1classifier for occurrences or times2time; occasion; instance3turn (one’s turn to do something)
He said he no longer holds any resentment, even though his friend forgot to pick him up many times.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ถือtĕuuaถือtĕuua1[to] hold; carry (by hand)2[to] bring/take (in hand)3[to] regard; consider; deem4[to] observe; keep (rules, precepts, fast)5[to] be strict/particular about6to count as; treat asPart 1
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ความkwaamความkwaam1abstract noun prefix2fact; matter; affair (formal)Part 2
ถือความtĕu kwaamถือความtĕu kwaam[to] take offense