Dictionary entry

คว่ำ

kwâmverb

scowl

#3902 most common1 syllablein 1 reading

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Meaningsevery sense kept, sourced — never invented

1v.

scowllexitron

2v.

frownlexitron

3adv.

upside down; with the face downward; in a ventricumbent mannerwiktionary

4v.

to turn upside down; to turn over; to flip over; to capsize; to upset(intransitive, transitive)wiktionary

5v.

to overthrow; to defeat(slang)wiktionary

In the readingsreal sentences, spoken by real voices

วางมือถือคว่ำลง

Put the phone face-down.

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Built from

From Proto-Tai *qwamꟲ (“face down”). Cognate with Lao ຄວ່ຳ (khuam); possibly Zhuang ngaem (“to face down”), goemz (ditto) (dialectal), gumj (ditto) (dialectal), gomh (“to bow down (rice stalk)”) (dialectal).

Words built from itคว่ำ inside longer words

นอนคว่ำto lie prone เรือคว่ำA boat turns upside down.คว่ำเรือto turn a boat upside down; to capsize a boat โหวตคว่ำร่างกฎหมายto vote against a draft law; to vote down a draft law (literally) to vote to overthrow a draft law คว่ำคู่แข่งto defeat the rival

A note on usage

เรียกหน้าที่แสดงอาการโกรธมากจนไม่อยากจะเงยขึ้นมองดูว่า หน้าคว่ำ