หลอน(lŏn)

Meanings

1AdjectiveB1

creepy; spooky; unsettling

causing a scary or eerie feeling; gives you the creeps

Examples

หนังผีnăng pĕeหนังผีnăng pĕeghost movie; supernatural horror filmเรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3about; regarding (as a topic marker)4classifier for stories/films/casesนี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)หลอนlŏnหลอนlŏn1creepy; spooky; unsettling2[to] hallucinate; feel haunted3haunting; unsettling4[to] stick in [sb]’s head (unsettlingly)มากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2many; numerous3much; a lot; greatly
This ghost movie is very creepy.
2VerbB2

[to] hallucinate; feel haunted

to see, hear, or feel things that are not real, or to feel eerily affected as if by ghosts or fear

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillไม่ได้นอนmâi dâai nonไม่ได้นอนmâi dâai nondidn't sleep; haven't sleptมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerสองsŏngสองsŏng1two; 22secondวันwanวันwan1day2daytime; daylight3classifier: daysแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; now (as of this point)2then; and then; after that3already (preverbal perfective)4and; and then (linking clauses)5already (sentence-final)ตอนนี้dton néeตอนนี้dton née1now; at the moment2this time/this moment (time noun)เลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)เริ่มrêrmเริ่มrêrm1[to] start; begin2[to] start to; begin toหลอนlŏnหลอนlŏn1creepy; spooky; unsettling2[to] hallucinate; feel haunted3haunting; unsettling4[to] stick in [sb]’s head (unsettlingly)ว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeมีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoคนkonคนkon1person; human2people (as a group)3person; human being (as prefix-like element)4classifier: peopleเดินตามdern dtaamเดินตามdern dtaam[to] follow [sb/sth] on foot
He hasn't slept for two days, so now he's starting to hallucinate that someone is following him.
3AdjectiveB2

haunting; unsettling

describing someone or something that feels eerily affected, as if by ghosts; unsettling to the mind

Examples

ตั้งแต่dtâng dtàeตั้งแต่dtâng dtàe1from; since (starting point)2from X to Yกลับglàpกลับglàp1[to] turn over/flip/reverse2contrary; on the contrary3[to] return; go/come back4back; in returnจากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart (literary/formal)3parting; separation (literary)บ้านร้างbâan ráangบ้านร้างbâan ráangabandoned house; deserted houseหลังlăngหลังlăng1back (of body)2behind; at the back of3after; later than4roof (of a house)5CL: building; house; structure6rear; back (part)นั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerรู้สึกrúu-sèukรู้สึกrúu-sèuk1[to] feel; sense2[to] feel (linking verb use)3[to] feel that…; think (impression/opinion)หลอนlŏnหลอนlŏn1creepy; spooky; unsettling2[to] hallucinate; feel haunted3haunting; unsettling4[to] stick in [sb]’s head (unsettlingly)ๆ-มาตลอดmaa dtà-lòtมาตลอดmaa dtà-lòtall along; continuously
Ever since he came back from that abandoned house, he's been feeling spooked.
4VerbB2

[to] stick in [sb]’s head (unsettlingly)

colloquial: to keep echoing in the mind in a disturbing or eerie way (e.g., an image or phrase that won’t go away)

Examples

ภาพข่าวpâap kàaoภาพข่าวpâap kàaonews photo; news footageอุบัติเหตุù-bàt-dtì-hètอุบัติเหตุù-bàt-dtì-hètaccident; mishapเมื่อเช้าmêuua cháoเมื่อเช้าmêuua cháothis morning; earlier todayยังคงyang kongยังคงyang kongstill; [to] remain; [to] continue to be/have/doหลอนlŏnหลอนlŏn1creepy; spooky; unsettling2[to] hallucinate; feel haunted3haunting; unsettling4[to] stick in [sb]’s head (unsettlingly)อยู่ในyòo naiอยู่ในyòo nai[to] be in [somewhere]หัวhŭuaหัวhŭua1head (body part)2top; end; tip3leader; chief; head4mind; mentality; way of thinking5beginning; initial part6classifier: head-like items; bulbs; heads of nails/pins7to bud; to sprout8header; title; headlineฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ไม่หายmâi hăaiไม่หายmâi hăai1[to] not recover (from illness)2[to] not disappear; not be lost
The image from the accident on the news this morning keeps echoing disturbingly in my head.

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