อหังการ(à-hăng-gaan)

Meanings

1NounC1

arrogance; hubris; imperiousness

An attitude of excessive pride, self-importance, and contempt for others; hubris.

Examples

ความอหังการkwaam à-hăng-gaanความอหังการkwaam à-hăng-gaan1arrogance; haughtiness; hubris2grandiosity; overblown grandeur; audacious ambition (formal/lit.)ของเขาkŏng kăoของเขาkŏng kăohis; hers; theirsทำให้tam hâiทำให้tam hâi1[to] make; cause [sb/sth] to [do/be sth]; render2[to] do/make [sth] for [sb]ไม่มีmâi meeไม่มีmâi mee1to not have; lack2there is/are not; does/do not exist3[reply] we don't have it; out of stockใครkraiใครkrai1who2anyone; whoeverอยากyàakอยากyàak1[to] want; desire2to crave; to long forทำงานtam ngaanทำงานtam ngaan1[to] work; do one's job; be on duty2[to] function; operateด้วยdûuayด้วยdûuay1with; together with2also; too; as well3by; by means of; using4because; since (formal/literary)5polite/softening sentence particle (formal)6because of; due to
His hubris makes no one want to work with him.
2AdjectiveC1

arrogant; imperious; haughty

Behaving in a way that shows excessive pride and a sense of superiority over others.

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillทำตัวtam dtuuaทำตัวtam dtuua1[to] behave; conduct oneself; carry oneself2[to] act like; present oneself as; make oneself out to beอหังการà-hăng-gaanอหังการà-hăng-gaan1arrogance; hubris; imperiousness2arrogant; imperious; haughtyไม่mâiไม่mâi1not (negator)2no (reply)ยอมyomยอมyom1[to] agree; consent2[to] allow; permit3[to] yield; give in; submit4[to] admit (acknowledge)ฟังfangฟังfang1listen2heed3[to] sound; seem (to the ear)ความคิดเห็นkwaam kít hĕnความคิดเห็นkwaam kít hĕn1opinion; view2comment; feedbackของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsใครkraiใครkrai1who2anyone; whoeverเลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)
He behaves arrogantly, refusing to listen to anyone else's opinions.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

อหังà-hǎngอหังà-hǎngI; me (Pali; written อหํ)Part 1
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การgaanการgaan1nominalizer2act; action; process3affair; matterPart 2
อหังการà-hăng-gaanอหังการà-hăng-gaanarrogance; hubris; imperiousness