đau xót
Definition
- Adjective:
- Feeling great anguish, deep sorrow, or sharp emotional pain: Describes a state of intense mental or emotional suffering, often due to loss, tragedy, or witnessing something deeply saddening.
- Heart-wrenching, grievous: Conveys a sense of pain that is both profound and poignant.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Cảnh tượng đó thật đau xót. (That scene is truly heart-wrenching.)
- Bà ấy cảm thấy vô cùng đau xót trước sự ra đi của người bạn thân. (She felt immense anguish over her close friend's passing.)
- Những lời nói đau xót của anh ấy khiến mọi người rơi nước mắt. (His grievous words made everyone shed tears.)
Advanced Usage
- "lòng đau xót": a heart/feeling of anguish.
- Lòng đau xót không thể nào nguôi ngoai. (The anguish in one's heart cannot be soothed.)
- Used to describe abstract concepts or situations that cause profound sadness.
- Một sự thật đau xót (A painful/grievous truth)
- Một kết cục đau xót (A tragic/anguished ending)
Variants and Related Words
- Đau đớn (adj): painful, sore; can refer to both physical and emotional pain, but is often more general than .
- Xót xa (adj): sorrowful, regretful; closely related and often used interchangeably with , sometimes emphasizing a sense of pity or regret.
- Thương xót (verb): to pity, to feel compassion for; combines sorrow with compassion.
Synonyms
- Buồn thảm: sorrowful, mournful.
- Quặn thắt: wrenched, twisted (often describing physical sensation of emotional pain).
- Thống khổ: to suffer agony, to be in torment.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Đau xót lòng: to feel anguish in one's heart.
- Chứng kiến cảnh đó, ai mà chẳng đau xót lòng. (Witnessing that scene, anyone would feel anguish in their heart.)
- Nỗi đau xót: the pain/sorrow.
- Nỗi đau xót khôn nguôi (The unending sorrow)
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