ระแวง(rà-waeng)

Meanings

1AdjectiveB2

suspicious; distrustful; wary

Feeling distrustful or worried that someone may cause harm or that something bad may happen.

Examples

หลังจากlăng jàakหลังจากlăng jàak1after; subsequent to (time)2after; once (clause)กระเป๋าgrà-bpăoกระเป๋าgrà-bpăo1bag; handbag; purse2types of bags (by context)3pocket4wallet5CLF: bags, purses, walletsหายhăaiหายhăai1[to] disappear; be gone2be missing; lost3[to] recover; get better4[to] stop; cease (of a symptom/state)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerระแวงrà-waengระแวงrà-waeng1suspicious; distrustful; wary2[to] be suspicious of [sb/sth]; be waryคนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotเดินเข้ามาdern kâo maaเดินเข้ามาdern kâo maa[to] walk in; [to] enter by walkingใกล้glâiใกล้glâi1near; close (in distance/time/resemblance)2[to] be near; be close to; approach
After my bag was stolen, I became suspicious of anyone who came close.
2VerbB2

[to] be suspicious of [sb/sth]; be wary

To feel distrustful of someone or something; to be on guard because of doubt or fear.

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillเริ่มrêrmเริ่มrêrm1[to] start; begin2[to] start to; begin toระแวงrà-waengระแวงrà-waeng1suspicious; distrustful; wary2[to] be suspicious of [sb/sth]; be waryเพื่อนร่วมงานpêuuan rûuam ngaanเพื่อนร่วมงานpêuuan rûuam ngaancoworker; colleague; workmateหลังจากlăng jàakหลังจากlăng jàak1after; subsequent to (time)2after; once (clause)พบว่าpóp wâaพบว่าpóp wâa[to] find (that); discover (that)ข้อมูลkôr moonข้อมูลkôr moon1data (computing)2information; data (non-count)รั่วไหลrûua lăiรั่วไหลrûua lăi1[to] leak (liquid or gas)2[to] leak (information/data)3leakage; spillage
He began to distrust his colleague after discovering a data leak.

Related Words

Similar Meaning

เคลือบแคลงklêuuap klaengเคลือบแคลงklêuuap klaengsuspicious; doubtful

suspicious; doubtful

ไม่ไว้วางใจmâi wái waang jaiไม่ไว้วางใจmâi wái waang jai[to] distrust; [to] not trust [sb/sth]

[to] distrust; [to] not trust [sb/sth]

เคลือบแคลงใจklêuuap klaeng jaiเคลือบแคลงใจklêuuap klaeng jai1[to] have doubts; suspect (sb/sth)2[to] doubt3[to] suspect
  • [to] have doubts; suspect (sb/sth)
  • [to] doubt
  • [to] suspect
สงสัยsŏng săiสงสัยsŏng săi1[to] doubt; be uncertain2[to] suspect3doubt; suspicion4I wonder…; perhaps (colloq.)
  • [to] doubt; be uncertain
  • [to] suspect
  • doubt; suspicion
  • I wonder…; perhaps (colloq.)
หวาดระแวงwàat rá-waengหวาดระแวงwàat rá-waeng1suspicious; mistrustful; paranoid (nonclinical)2suspicion; wariness; paranoia (nonclinical)
  • suspicious; mistrustful; paranoid (nonclinical)
  • suspicion; wariness; paranoia (nonclinical)

Word Breakdown

ระráระrá1bound element ‘ระ-’ (rapid; repeated; scattered) [colloq.]2bound form ‘ระ-’ (between; among; within)3echo/reduplicative element (sound-symbolic)Part 1
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แวงwaengแวงwaeng1[to] glance; cast a sidelong look (dialect/poetic)2[to] deviate; slant (rare/poetic)3toponymic element (Thai place names)Part 2
ระแวงrà-waengระแวงrà-waengsuspicious; distrustful; wary