Definition

1. Verb:
   • To seethe with resentment; to be bitterly indignant: To feel and harbor intense, simmering anger and bitterness towards someone or something, often due to a perceived injustice or wrong.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Anh ấy căm tức kẻ đã phản bội mình. (He seethes with resentment against the person who betrayed him.)
  • Cô ấy căm tức sự bất công đó. (She is bitterly indignant about that injustice.)
  • Họ căm tức con người hay lừa dối. (They fret with resentment against the inveterate cheat.)

Advanced Usage

• The emotion described is more profound and enduring than momentary anger. It implies a deep-seated, smoldering grudge.

Variants and Related Words

• Căm hờn (v): to hate deeply, to harbor bitter hatred.
  • Nhân dân căm hờn bọn xâm lược. (The people harbor a bitter hatred for the invaders.)
• Căm giận (v): to be furious, to be filled with angry resentment.
  • Tôi vô cùng căm giận hành vi của hắn. (I am utterly furious at his actions.)

Synonyms

• To resent: To feel bitterness or indignation at (a circumstance, action, or person).
• To begrudge: To be discontented at or resentful of another's success or advantage.
• To bear a grudge: To harbor persistent feelings of ill will or resentment.

Related Idioms

• Căm tức trong lòng: to seethe inwardly; to keep one's resentment bottled up inside.
  • Bà ấy chỉ biết căm tức trong lòng mà không dám nói ra. (She could only seethe inwardly, not daring to speak out.)

1. To fret with resentment against
   • căm tức con người hay lừa dối
     to fret with resentment against the inveterate cheat