Definition

1. Verb:
   • To dislike intensely; to detest: A strong feeling of aversion and weariness towards someone or something, often leading to a desire to avoid or reject it.
   • To be sick of; to be fed up with: To feel a profound weariness and disgust, typically from prolonged exposure to an unpleasant situation or behavior.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Tôi chán ghét sự giả dối. (I detest hypocrisy.)
  • Cô ấy chán ghét công việc lặp đi lặp lại này. (She is fed up with this repetitive work.)
  • Họ bắt đầu chán ghét chiến tranh. (They began to be sick of the war.)

Advanced Usage

• The term often implies a compound emotion combining boredom or weariness ("chán") with hatred or disgust ("ghét"), suggesting the subject has become intolerable over time.
• It is commonly used to describe a deep, moral, or existential aversion, not just a mild dislike.

Variants and Related Words

• Ghét (v): to hate. A stronger, more direct feeling of hatred, but without the connotation of weariness inherent in "chán ghét".
  • Đứa trẻ ghét ăn rau. (The child hates eating vegetables.)
• Chán ngán (v): to be weary, to be tired of. Focuses more on the feeling of boredom and saturation.
  • Anh ấy chán ngán những lời hứa suông. (He is weary of empty promises.)

Synonyms

• Detest: to feel intense and often violent dislike.
• Loathe: to feel great disgust and hatred for.
• Abhor: to regard with extreme repugnance.
• Be sick of: to be thoroughly tired and disgusted with.

Related Idioms

• Chán ghét thói đời: to be disgusted with the ways of the world.
  • Ông ấy chán ghét thói đời đua tranh. (He is disgusted with the competitive ways of the world.)
• Chán như cơm nếp nát: (simile) to be as fed up as smashed sticky rice; meaning extremely bored and disgusted.
  • Nghe bài hát đó nhiều quá, giờ tôi thấy chán như cơm nếp nát. (I've heard that song too much, now I'm completely fed up.)

verb

1. To dislike, to disrelish