creep
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- 1 creep、pervert、psycho
- 2 mental illness、psychosis
This word refers to serious mental illness, but in everyday speech it is also used as a harsh label for someone seen as creepy, disturbed, or sexually predatory. Calling a person โรคจิต is often offensive.
creep、pervert、psycho
A harsh colloquial label for a person regarded as creepy, dangerously disturbed, or sexually predatory. The intended meaning depends on the behavior being condemned.
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ไอ้โรคจิต! ây rôok cìt You creep! ไอ้โรคจิต! details
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มีโรคจิตตามเธอมา mii rôok cìt taam thəə maa Some creep followed her. มีโรคจิตตามเธอมา details
mental illness、psychosis
A broad term for a serious psychiatric condition affecting thought, emotion, or behavior. In modern clinical contexts, it can sound imprecise or stigmatizing.
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เขาเป็นโรคจิต khǎw pen rôok cìt He has a mental illness. เขาเป็นโรคจิต details
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รักษาโรคจิต ráksǎa rôok cìt treat a mental illness รักษาโรคจิต details
Learning notes
Explanation
โรค means “disease,” and จิต means “mind” or “mental state,” so the literal sense is “a disease of the mind.” As a medical term, it can refer broadly to mental illness or psychosis. However, it is often considered vague and potentially stigmatizing today. โรคทางจิตเวช is generally a more neutral term for a psychiatric disorder, while ผู้ป่วยจิตเวช can be used for a psychiatric patient when that information is relevant. In conversation, โรคจิต commonly labels someone whose behavior is seen as creepy, disturbed, or sexually predatory—for example, a stalker, voyeur, molester, or person secretly photographing others. In crime fiction, it may instead suggest a dangerously disturbed “psycho.” When it denotes a person, it can be understood as a shortened form of คนโรคจิต.
Usage
The word appears in older medical language, general discussions of mental illness, everyday conversation, dramas, and comments about crime. In casual speech, it is especially common as a forceful condemnation of stalking, voyeurism, molestation, secret photography, or similarly disturbing behavior. ไอ้โรคจิต! is a highly aggressive insult directed at a person.
Caution
Do not use โรคจิต casually for someone who is merely eccentric. Labeling a person this way without a diagnosis is insulting and can reinforce stigma around mental illness. When possible, describe the actual issue instead: แปลก for “unusual,” น่าสงสัย for “suspicious,” or ไม่เหมาะสม for “inappropriate.”
Differences from similar words
1 creep synonyms
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วิกลจริต is a more formal term meaning mentally unsound and may appear in legal or news contexts. โรคจิต is more common as an everyday insult and can also refer to a sexual predator or creep.