English-Thai Dictionary

watchful

ADJ ซึ่ง เฝ้ามอง อย่างะ มัด ระวัง  ซึ่ง เฝ้าดู อย่างระมัดระวัง  ซึ่ง เฝ้าดู อย่างใกล้ชิด  alert vigilant wary careless unguarded unvigilant sueng-fai-mong-yang-ra-mad-ra-wang

 

watchfully

ADV โดย เฝ้ามอง อย่างะ มัด ระวัง  carefully doi-fai-mong-yang-ra-mad-ra-wang

 

watchfulness

N การ เฝ้ามอง อย่างะ มัด ระวัง  vigilance carefulness attention kan-fai-mong-yang-ra-mad-ra-wang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WATCHFUL

a.Vigilant; attentive; careful to observe; observant; cautious. It has of before the thing to be regulated, as to be watchful of ones behavior; and against, before the thing to be avoided, as to be watchful against the growth of vicious habits.

 

WATCHFULLY

adv. Vigilantly; heedfully; with careful observation of the approach of evil, or attention to duty.

 

WATCHFULNESS

n. 1. Vigilance; heedfulness; heed; suspicious attention; careful and diligent observation for the purpose of preventing or escaping danger, or of avoiding mistakes and misconduct.
2. Wakefulness; indisposition or inability to sleep.
Watchfulness-often precedes too great sleepiness.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

WATCHFUL

WATCHFUL Watch "ful, a.

 

Defn: Full of watch; vigilant; attentive; careful to observe closely; observant; cautious; -- with of before the thing to be regulated or guarded; as, to be watchful of one's behavior; and with against before the thing to be avoided; as, to be watchful against the growth of vicious habits. "Many a watchful night. " Shak. "Happy watchful shepherds." Milton. 'Twixt prayer and watchful love his heart dividing. Keble.

 

Syn. -- Vigilant; attentive; cautious; observant; circumspect; wakeful; heedful. -- Watch "ful *ly, adv. -- Watch "ful *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

watchful

watch ful |ˈwäCHfəl ˈwɑtʃfəl ˈwɔtʃfəl | ▶adjective watching or observing someone or something closely; alert and vigilant: they attended dances under the watchful eye of their father. • archaic wakeful; sleepless. DERIVATIVES watch ful ly adverb, watch ful ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

watchful

watch |ful |ˈwɒtʃfʊl, -f (ə )l | ▶adjective watching someone or something closely; alert and vigilant: they attended dances under the watchful eye of their father. • archaic wakeful; sleepless. DERIVATIVES watchfully adverb, watchfulness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

watchful

watchful adjective the watchful eye of their mother: observant, alert, vigilant, circumspect, attentive, awake, aware, heedful, sharp-eyed, eagle-eyed, hawk-eyed; on the lookout, on the qui vive, wary, cautious, careful, canny, chary. WORD TOOLKIT See wary . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

watchful

watchful adjective her mother kept a watchful eye on her: observant, alert, vigilant, attentive, perceptive; awake, wakeful, aware, heedful, sharp; sharp-eyed, keen-eyed, eagle-eyed, hawk-eyed, gimlet-eyed, with one's eyes open; on the lookout, on the qui vive, wary, cautious, careful, suspicious, circumspect, chary; informal with one's eyes skinned /peeled. ANTONYMS inattentive, careless. WORD TOOLKIT watchful See wary . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

watchful

watch ful /wɑ́tʃf (ə )l |wɔ́tʃ -/形容詞 more ～; most ～(悪い事態に備えて )気をつけている (alert ); «…に対して » 注意深い , 油断のない , 気を配っている «of , for , against » ▸ keep a watchful eye on A A 〈人 物 〉に気をつけている ▸ under the watchful eye (s ) of a guard 警備員の監視のもとに ～ly 副詞 用心深く, 油断なく ; 警戒して .～ness 名詞