น่าสะพรึง(nâa sà-preung)

Meanings

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frightening; terrifying

causing intense fear or dread; scary; spine-chilling; often used as a clipped form of a longer expression meaning 'frightening'

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillเล่าเรื่องlâo rêuuangเล่าเรื่องlâo rêuuang1[to] tell a story; narrate2[to] recount; relate what happenedผีpĕeผีpĕe1ghost; spirit2spirit; demon3obsessive fan (slang, as prefix ผี-)ได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreedน่าสะพรึงnâa sà-preungน่าสะพรึงnâa sà-preungfrightening; terrifyingมากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2many; numerous3much; a lot; greatlyจนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)นอนไม่หลับnon mâi làpนอนไม่หลับnon mâi làp[to] be unable to sleep; [to] suffer from insomnia
He told the ghost story so frighteningly that I couldn't sleep.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

น่าnâaน่าnâa1worthy/apt to ...2[!] pity; what a shamePart 1
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สะพรึงsà-phreungสะพรึงsà-phreung1[to] be terrified; be horrified; be frightened2terrifying; horrifying; hair-raising3shocking; jaw-dropping; fierce (slang)Part 2
น่าสะพรึงnâa sà-preungน่าสะพรึงnâa sà-preungfrightening; terrifying