หดหู่
dejected
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- 1 dejected、dispirited、depressing
It describes feeling emotionally low and dispirited, often after seeing or hearing something distressing.
dejected、dispirited、depressing
It describes a downcast, dispirited state and can also help describe situations or surroundings that bring on that feeling.
Learning notes
Explanation
The word suggests a heavy, sinking feeling and a loss of emotional energy. It is common in both conversation and writing. Thai words describing states can serve directly as predicates, so dictionaries may classify หดหู่ as either a verb or an adjective. These uses express the same emotional state and are grouped here under one adjective sense. รู้สึกหดหู่ means “feel down,” while ทำให้หดหู่ means “make someone feel down.” To describe something as depressing, common forms are ชวนหดหู่ and น่าหดหู่.
Usage
Use it when distressing news, someone's suffering, or bleak surroundings leave you feeling low. It can also describe a downcast mood without specifying a cause.
Caution
The word does not necessarily imply withdrawing from other people or staying indoors. It describes a mood and does not by itself indicate clinical depression.
Differences from similar words
1 dejected synonyms
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ท้อแท้ means feeling discouraged and losing the will to keep trying. หดหู่ focuses on low spirits without necessarily implying that you want to give up.
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เศร้า is the general word for feeling sad. หดหู่ emphasizes feeling weighed down and dispirited.