Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Be infuriated, be enraged: To be extremely angry or filled with rage. This is a figurative expression describing a state of intense anger, as if one's intestines are full of fury.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Nghe tin đó, anh ấy đầy ruột. (Hearing that news, he was infuriated.)
  • Tôi đầy ruột vì sự vô ơn của họ. (I am enraged by their ingratitude.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase is often used to describe a deep, simmering anger rather than a brief outburst. It emphasizes an internal, consuming feeling of rage.
  • Sự phản bội khiến cô ấy đầy ruột nhiều ngày liền. (The betrayal left her enraged for many days.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đầy gan đầy ruột: An intensified version of the phrase, meaning to be absolutely furious or seething with anger. It combines "đầy gan" (full of liver/gall, implying bitterness and courage) with "đầy ruột" for a stronger effect.
  • Lời nói xúc phạm khiến ông ấy đầy gan đầy ruột. (The insulting words made him absolutely furious.)

Synonyms

• Tức giận: To be angry.
• Phẫn nộ: To be indignant, outraged.
• Giận dữ: To be wrathful, furious.

Related Idioms

• Nổi cơn thịnh nộ: To fly into a rage (implies a sudden, explosive anger).
• Máu sôi lên: Blood boils (to be very angry).
• Giận sôi gan: To be so angry one's liver boils (similar figurative intensity).

1. Be infuriated, be enraged at (by)