phẫn nộ
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Definition
- Verb:
- To be indignant: To feel or express strong displeasure and anger at something considered unjust, unfair, or offensive.
- To be furious / wrathful: To experience intense, righteous anger, often manifesting in one's facial expression, attitude, or actions.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Công chúng phẫn nộ trước hành động tham nhũng. (The public is indignant at the corrupt act.)
- Cô ấy phẫn nộ khi bị đối xử bất công. (She was furious when treated unfairly.)
- Sự phản bội đó khiến mọi người vô cùng phẫn nộ. (That betrayal made people utterly wrathful.)
Advanced Usage
- The word "phẫn nộ" often implies a moral dimension to the anger; it is anger sparked by perceived injustice or unethical behavior, not merely personal annoyance.
- It is commonly used in formal, journalistic, or literary contexts to describe collective or profound public anger.
Variants and Related Words
- Căm phẫn (v): to resent bitterly, to feel indignant hatred. A stronger, more intense synonym often combining anger and deep resentment.
- Nhân dân căm phẫn tội ác của bọn xâm lược. (The people bitterly resent the crimes of the invaders.)
Synonyms
- Indignant: angered by something unjust or mean.
- Wrathful: full of or characterized by intense anger.
- Irate: feeling or characterized by great anger.
- Incensed: very angry; enraged.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Lòng phẫn nộ: (a heart of) indignation, wrath.
- Lòng phẫn nộ của người dân đã bùng lên. (The people's indignation erupted.)
- Sự phẫn nộ chính đáng: righteous indignation.
- Đó là một sự phẫn nộ chính đáng trước bất công. (That is a righteous indignation in the face of injustice.)
- Be indignant