Thai–English dictionary

พูดอ้อมค้อม

pôot-ôrm-kórm

Audio pronunciation is available for this word.

Commonness: Fairly common in contemporary general Thai.

Meanings

v. exp.
  1. beat around the bush ; be evasive ; use circumlocutions ; say indirectly

Example sentences

v. exp.beat around the bush ; be evasive ; use circumlocutions ; say indirectly

เขากำลังพูดอ้อมค้อม ไม่กล้าบอกความจริงตรงๆ

He's beating around the bush and won't say the truth straight out.

Open in the reading tool