มืดมัว(mêut muua)
Meanings
1AdjectiveB1
dark; gloomy; overcast
dark and dim; gloomy in appearance, used for the sky or places with little light.
Examples
วันนี้wan néeวันนี้wan née1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; these days (informal)ท้องฟ้าtóng fáaท้องฟ้าtóng fáasky; heavensมืดมัวmêut muuaมืดมัวmêut muua1dark; gloomy; overcast2bleak; depressingฝนfŏnฝนfŏn1rain2[to] file; grind; honeน่าจะnâa jàน่าจะnâa jà1probably; likely2be expected; should (probability)3should have (regret/criticism)4might be a good idea (suggestion)ตกdtòkตกdtòk1[to] fall; drop2(rain/snow) fall3[to] fail (an exam/test)4[to] end up at; be assigned to; be allotted5[to] be left out; miss one’s turn6[to] cost; come to7[to] be startled; be alarmed8[to] drop; decline; decrease
The sky is gloomy today, it will probably rain.
2AdjectiveB2
bleak; depressing
figurative: describing a situation, future, or mood that feels hopeless or very down.
Examples
หลังจากlăng jàakหลังจากlăng jàak1after; subsequent to (time)2after; once (clause)ตกงานdtòk ngaanตกงานdtòk ngaan1[to] be unemployed2[to] lose one’s jobอนาคตà-naa-kótอนาคตà-naa-kót1future (time to come)2prospectsของเขาkŏng kăoของเขาkŏng kăohis; hers; theirsก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerดูdooดูdoo1consult; get advice from2try; have a go3[to] divine; tell fortune4[to] examine; check; inspect5[to] seem; appear6[to] look; watch; seeมืดมัวmêut muuaมืดมัวmêut muua1dark; gloomy; overcast2bleak; depressingไปหมดbpai mòtไปหมดbpai mòt1completely; all gone2entirely; across the board
After losing his job, his future seemed completely bleak.
Related Words
Similar Meaning
ขมุกขมัวkà-mùk kà-mǔuaขมุกขมัวkà-mùk kà-mǔua1dim; murky; gloomy; overcast2obscure; uncertain; gloomy (figurative)
- dim; murky; gloomy; overcast
- obscure; uncertain; gloomy (figurative)
หม่นหมองmòn mŏngหม่นหมองmòn mŏng1dull; somber; drab (appearance/light)2gloomy; downcast (mood)
- dull; somber; drab (appearance/light)
- gloomy; downcast (mood)
มืดครึ้มmêut kréumมืดครึ้มmêut kréum1gloomy mood/scene2overcast; gloomy
- gloomy mood/scene
- overcast; gloomy
เศร้าหมองsâo mŏngเศร้าหมองsâo mŏng1sad; sorrowful; dejected2dull; tarnished; stained (appearance/reputation)
- sad; sorrowful; dejected
- dull; tarnished; stained (appearance/reputation)
อึมครึมeum-kreumอึมครึมeum-kreum1gloomy; overcast; dim; murky2gloomy in mood3gloomily; dimly4uncertain; unsettled (situation)
- gloomy; overcast; dim; murky
- gloomy in mood
- gloomily; dimly
- uncertain; unsettled (situation)
Word Breakdown
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มืดมัวmêut muuaมืดมัวmêut muuadark; gloomy; overcast