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bực

Anh ấy trông rất bực vì kết quả công việc.

Definition

  1. Verb:

    • To be annoyed / irritated: To feel a state of mild anger, displeasure, or impatience, often due to a minor frustration or inconvenience.
    • To chafe / to fret: To feel restless or distressed from being hindered, delayed, or provoked.

  2. Adjective:

    • Annoyed / Irritated: Describing the state of being bothered or vexed.
    • Fretful / Peevish: Describing a person who is easily agitated or in a bad mood.
Usage Examples

  • Verb:

    • Chờ lâu quá phát bực. (To fret from having to wait too long.)
    • Tin đó làm tôi bực cả ngày. (That news annoyed me all day.)

  • Adjective:

    • Anh ấy trông rất bực. (He looks very annoyed.)
    • Đừng có bực như thế! (Don't be so peevish!)
Advanced Usage
  • The word "bực" often implies a lingering, simmering irritation rather than intense, sudden anger. It is commonly used to describe a bad mood stemming from accumulated minor annoyances.
  • "bực mình": A common compound meaning "to be irritated/vexed," emphasizing the internal feeling.
    • Câu chuyện ấy khiến tôi bực mình. (That story made me irritated.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Bực bội (adj/verb): More intense than "bực," meaning irritable, frustrated, or to be in a state of frustration.
    • Sự chậm trễ gây bực bội. (The delay causes frustration.)
  • Bực tức (adj/verb): Emphasizes anger mixed with irritation, meaning to be angry and annoyed.
    • Cô ấy bực tức vì bị hiểu lầm. (She was angry and annoyed because of being misunderstood.)
Synonyms
  • Annoyed: Slightly angry or irritated.
  • Irritated: Showing slight anger or impatience.
  • Fretful: Behaving in a worried or annoyed way.
  • Peevish: Easily irritated, especially by unimportant things.
Related Idioms and Phrases
  • Bực cả mình: To be thoroughly annoyed or chafed.
    • Lời nói của hắn làm cho ai bực cả mình. (His words made someone chafe.)
  • Phát bực: To become annoyed (often from a specific cause).
    • Nghe mãi một bài hát phát bực. (Listening to the same song until you become annoyed.)
bực

Anh ấy trông rất bực vì kết quả công việc.

verb & adj
  1. To fret; fretty, fretful
    • chờ lâu quá phát bực
      to fret from having to wait too long
    • làm cho ai bực cả mình
      to make someone chafe
noun
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