หมั่นไส้(màn sâi)

Meanings

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[to] be annoyed at [sb] for being smug or showy

To feel a specific kind of irritation or annoyance toward someone, typically because they are perceived as being smug, showy, overly cutesy, or arrogant. It implies a petty dislike that might make one want to tease or gently mock the person.

Examples

ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)หมั่นไส้màn sâiหมั่นไส้màn sâi[to] be annoyed at [sb] for being smug or showyเพื่อนร่วมงานpêuuan rûuam ngaanเพื่อนร่วมงานpêuuan rûuam ngaancoworker; colleague; workmateคนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleนั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)มากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2many; numerous3much; a lot; greatlyเวลาway-laaเวลาway-laa1time2time; period; occasion3when; at the time (that)4time (classifier) [rare/idiomatic]เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillชอบchôpชอบchôp1[to] like; be fond of2tend to; usually3be proper; be fitting (formal)พูดpôotพูดpôot1[to] speak; talk2[to] say; speak3[to] tell; talk aboutอวดùuatอวดùuat1[to] show off; boast2[to] flauntเรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3about; regarding (as a topic marker)4classifier for stories/films/casesผลงานpŏn ngaanผลงานpŏn ngaan1work; output; result2achievementตัวเองdtuua engตัวเองdtuua eng1oneself; myself; yourself; themselves2you (intimate)3self; one's own self; identity
I get really irritated with that colleague when he likes to boast about his own work.

Word Breakdown

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หมั่นไส้màn sâiหมั่นไส้màn sâi[to] be annoyed at [sb] for being smug or showy