มัว(muua)
Meanings
1AdjectiveB1
dim; dull; not clear (appearance)
not bright or vivid; lacking clarity or sharpness in appearance (of light, color, surface); not used for mental dullness
Examples
สีทาบ้านsĕe taa bâanสีทาบ้านsĕe taa bâanhouse paint; wall paintเก่าgàoเก่าgào1former; previous2old-fashioned; outdated3old; not newดูมัวdoo muuaดูมัวdoo muua[to] look blurry; [to] appear dimไม่มีmâi meeไม่มีmâi mee1to not have; lack2there is/are not; does/do not exist3[reply] we don't have it; out of stockความสดใสkwaam sòt săiความสดใสkwaam sòt săi1brightness; radiance (light/color)2cheerfulness; liveliness (mood/appearance)3freshness; healthy vigor
The old house paint looks dull and lacks brightness.
2AdjectiveB1
blurred; hazy; misty
unclear or out of focus; slightly clouded (of sight, vision, or a surface like glass)
Examples
แว่นตาwâen dtaaแว่นตาwâen dtaaglasses; spectaclesของฉันkŏng chănของฉันkŏng chănmy; mineเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1to be (identity/category/state)2to become3[to] know how; be able to (skill)4[to] be + set expressionsฝ้าfâaฝ้าfâa1ceiling (interior; suspended/false ceiling)2melasma; dark facial patches3haze; whitish film on a surfaceมองเห็นmong hĕnมองเห็นmong hĕn1[to] see; make out; spot2[to] be visible; be in view3[to] perceive; realize; recognize4[to] foresee; anticipate; envisionมัวๆmuua muuaมัวๆmuua muua1blurry; dim; unclear2dimly; hazily; indistinctly
My glasses are foggy; I see blurry.
3VerbB2
[to be] preoccupied (with); waste time
to be so absorbed in doing something that one neglects something else; often in the pattern ‘มัวแต่มัวแต่muua dtàebe absorbed in; keep on (to the neglect of other things) [doing X]’ implying wasting time on X
Examples
เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillมัวแต่muua dtàeมัวแต่muua dtàebe absorbed in; keep on (to the neglect of other things)เลื่อนดูlêuuan dooเลื่อนดูlêuuan doo[to] scroll (on a screen)มือถือmeuu tĕuuมือถือmeuu tĕuu1mobile phone; cellphone; smartphone2handheld; portable (held in the hand)จนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofลืมleuumลืมleuum1[to] forget2[to] leave behind (by forgetting)3forget to; omit unintentionallyส่งsòngส่งsòng1[to] send; dispatch2[to] submit; hand in; turn in3[to] drop off; deliver (someone/something)4[to] pass (to); feed (a ball)5[to] escort; see off6[to] emit; transmit; send outรายงานraai-ngaanรายงานraai-ngaan1report (document/account)2[to] report; inform officially3[to] check in; report oneself
He was so absorbed in scrolling his phone that he forgot to submit the report.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
มันเบลอman blerมันเบลอman bler1it's blurry; it's out of focus2he/she/they are dazed; spaced out
- it's blurry; it's out of focus
- he/she/they are dazed; spaced out
พร่าprâaพร่าprâa1blurry; indistinct2hoarse; husky (voice)3faded; lacking vividness
- blurry; indistinct
- hoarse; husky (voice)
- faded; lacking vividness
ลางlaangลางlaang1omen; sign; portent2vague; faint; indistinct
- omen; sign; portent
- vague; faint; indistinct
ไม่ชัดmâi chátไม่ชัดmâi chát1unclear; blurry2unclear; unintelligible3unclear; indistinct4unclearly; indistinctly
- unclear; blurry
- unclear; unintelligible
- unclear; indistinct
- unclearly; indistinctly
พร่ามัวprâa muuaพร่ามัวprâa muua1blurred; hazy; indistinct; dull2muffled; indistinct (sound)
- blurred; hazy; indistinct; dull
- muffled; indistinct (sound)