Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Rabid, frenzied: Describes a state of extreme, uncontrollable, and often violent excitement or agitation. It implies a loss of reason or sanity, similar to madness.
   • Fanatical, extreme: Can describe an intense, obsessive, and unreasoning devotion to a cause or activity.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Kẻ thù tấn công một cách điên cuồng. (The enemy attacked in a frenzied manner.)
  • Anh ấy có một tình yêu điên cuồng dành cho âm nhạc. (He has a fanatical love for music.)
  • Sự phản đối điên cuồng của đám đông khiến cảnh sát phải can thiệp. (The frenzied protest of the crowd forced the police to intervene.)

Advanced Usage

• "điên cuồng" as an adverb: While primarily an adjective, it can function adverbially to modify a verb, describing the manner of an action.
  • Họ làm việc điên cuồng để kịp deadline. (They worked frenziedly to meet the deadline.)

Variants and Related Words

• Điên (adj): Mad, insane. This is the root word, denoting madness or insanity.
  • Anh ta có vẻ như sắp điên. (He seems like he's about to go mad.)
• Cuồng (adj): Frenzied, manic. Often used in compound words to intensify the meaning of madness or obsession.
• Điên loạn (adj): Deranged, mentally disturbed. Emphasizes the disorder and loss of mental stability.
• Cuồng nhiệt (adj): Ardent, fervent, passionate. Often has a more positive connotation of intense enthusiasm.

Synonyms

• Mất trí: Deranged, out of one's mind.
• Phát cuồng: To go crazy/frenzied (often used as a verb phrase).
• Dữ dội: Fierce, violent (focuses on intensity, not necessarily madness).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Phát điên lên: To become furious, to fly into a rage.
  • Nghe tin đó, cô ấy phát điên lên. (Hearing that news, she flew into a rage.)

Related Idioms

• Yêu điên cuồng: To love madly/fanaticaly.
  • Cô ấy yêu anh ta một cách điên cuồng. (She loves him madly.)
• Căm thù điên cuồng: To hate with a fanatical hatred.
  • Hắn căm thù điên cuồng kẻ đã phản bội mình. (He hates the one who betrayed him with a fanatical hatred.)

1. Rabid, frenze ied
   • Hoạt động gây chiến điên cuồng
     Frenzied warlike activitives