หวาด

wàat

Meanings

1NounB2

[to] fear; be afraid; dread

to feel a sense of fear, apprehension, or dread. Often used in compound words like หวาดกลัวหวาดกลัวwàat glua1afraid; terrified2[to] be afraid of (to be scared) or หวาดระแวงหวาดระแวงwàat rá-waeng1suspicious; mistrustful; paranoid (nonclinical)2suspicion; wariness; paranoia (nonclinical) (to be paranoid).

Examples

เด็กๆdèk dèkเด็กๆdèk dèk1children; kids2childish; immature3easy; trivial (colloquial)มักจะmák jàมักจะmák jà1often; usually (habit/frequency)2tend to; be apt/prone to (general tendency)หวาดกลัวwàat gluaหวาดกลัวwàat glua1afraid; terrified2[to] be afraid ofความมืดkwaam mûetความมืดkwaam mûet1darkness2figurative darknessและláeและláeand (coordinating)เสียงดังๆsĭiang dang dangเสียงดังๆsĭiang dang dang1loudly; aloud2a very loud noise
Children are often scared of the dark and loud noises.
2NounB2

fearful; apprehensive

feeling or showing fear or apprehension.

Examples

พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyได้ยินdâi-yinได้ยินdâi-yin1[to] hear2[to] hear of; be told; learn (by hearing)เสียงsĭiangเสียงsĭiang1sound; noise2voice3vote4tone; timbre5phonetic toneแปลกๆbplàek bplàekแปลกๆbplàek bplàek1somewhat strange; kind of odd2weird/off; suspicious (colloquial)3oddly; in a strange wayตอนกลางคืนdton glaang keunตอนกลางคืนdton glaang keun1at night; during the night2nighttime; the night periodเขาkăoเขาkăo1he; 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)ใจหวาดๆjai wàat wàatใจหวาดๆjai wàat wàat1nervous; uneasy; a bit scared; apprehensive2nervously; uneasilyขึ้นมาkêun maaขึ้นมาkêun maa1[to] come up (toward the speaker); move upward2[to] get up; rise3[to] go up; increase4[to] arise; appear; emerge5[to] become; start to be (change of state)ทันทีtan teeทันทีtan tee1immediately; at once2as soon as; the moment that (ทันทีที่)
When he heard a strange noise at night, he immediately felt apprehensive.

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