Definition

1. Adverb:
   • Angrily, furiously, in a sudden outburst of anger: Describes a state of extreme, explosive anger that erupts suddenly and intensely.
   • With a loud, explosive sound (onomatopoeic): Imitates a sudden, loud bang or booming noise, often used to describe the sound of gunfire, explosions, or slamming.

Usage Examples

• Adverb (describing anger):
  • Anh ấy tức giận đùng đùng. (He was furious.)
  • Nghe tin đó, cô ấy nổi cơn thịnh nộ đùng đùng. (Upon hearing that news, she flew into a boiling rage.)
• Adverb (describing sound):
  • Súng nổ đùng đùng ngoài chiến trường. (Guns boomed away on the battlefield.)
  • Cánh cửa đóng lại đùng đùng. (The door slammed shut with a bang.)

Advanced Usage

• "nổi giận đùng đùng": to fly into a rage, to become explosively angry.
  • Ông chủ nổi giận đùng đùng khi thấy báo cáo. (The boss flew into a rage when he saw the report.)
• Often used in a reduplicative form for emphasis, especially for sounds: "đùng đoàng" (a series of loud bangs or clangs).
  • Tiếng pháo nổ đùng đoàng. (The firecrackers went off with a series of loud bangs.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đùng (onomatopoeia): A single, sharp bang or pop sound.
  • Nghe tiếng nổ đùng. (Hear a bang.)
• Đùng đoàng (reduplicative): A repeated or continuous loud, clanging, banging noise.
  • Tiếng búa đập đùng đoàng. (The sound of hammers clanging noisily.)

Synonyms

• Giận dữ (adj): angry, furious (describes the state).
• Bừng bừng (adv): flaring up (of anger), but less explosive than "đùng đùng".
• Ầm ầm (adv): rumbling, roaring (for sound, often continuous).

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Nổi tam bành đùng đùng: To fly into an extreme, uncontrollable fury. (Tam bành refers to three demons in folklore that cause anger).
  • Anh ta nổi tam bành đùng đùng khi bị phản bội. (He flew into an uncontrollable fury when he was betrayed.)

1. Boom away, bang away
   • Vừa nghe tiếng máy bay địch, súng cao xạ đã nổ đùng đoàng
     Hardle had the noise of an enemy plane been heard than A.A guns banged away
2. Boomingly
   • Nó nổi giận đùng đùng
     He boomingly files into a passion