โศกถาโถม
sòhk gà-tăa tŏhm
Meanings
1NounC1
[to] be overwhelmed by grief (literary)
To be assailed or overwhelmed by intense sorrow; grief surging in.
Examples
เมื่อmêuuaเมื่อmêuua1when; at the time that2when (past time marker)ได้ยินdâi-yinได้ยินdâi-yin1[to] hear2[to] hear of; be told; learn (by hearing)ข่าวร้ายkàao ráaiข่าวร้ายkàao ráaibad newsความkwaamความkwaam1abstract noun prefix2fact; matter; affair (formal)โศกถาโถมsòhk gà-tăa tŏhmโศกถาโถมsòhk gà-tăa tŏhm[to] be overwhelmed by grief (literary)ก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerซัดsátซัดsát1[to] hurl; fling; throw hard2[to] lash; batter (waves/wind)3[to] gobble; chug (slang)4[to] blame; shift blame (colloquial)เข้ามาkâo maaเข้ามาkâo maa1to come in; enter (toward the speaker)2to join/enter into (activity, group, context)3directional complement ‘in/toward here’เหมือนคลื่นmĕuuan klêunเหมือนคลื่นmĕuuan klêunwavelike; like a waveใหญ่yàiใหญ่yài1big; large2major; important3elder; senior4generous; magnanimous (figurative)จนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ยืนนิ่งyeuun nîngยืนนิ่งyeuun nîng1[to] stand still; remain motionless (standing)2[to] stand in silence (as a mark of respect/mourning)อยู่กับที่yòo gàp têeอยู่กับที่yòo gàp têe1[to] stay put; remain in place2stationary; motionless3[to] remain unchanged; stagnate
When I heard the bad news, grief surged in like a big wave, leaving me frozen in place.
Related Words
Word Breakdown
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ถาโถมtăa tŏhmถาโถมtăa tŏhm1to surge; pound; crash (waves/rain)2to assail; overwhelm (figurative)Part 2
โศกถาโถมsòhk gà-tăa tŏhmโศกถาโถมsòhk gà-tăa tŏhm[to] be overwhelmed by grief (literary)