chơm chởm
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Craggy, rugged: Describes a surface that is rough, uneven, and full of sharp, protruding points, like a rocky mountain path.
- Bristling: Describes objects that are sticking out sharply and densely, like spikes or pikes.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Đường núi chơm chởm những đá. (The mountain path was craggy with rocks.)
- Những mũi chông chơm chởm. (Bristling pikes.)
- Mái tóc nó chơm chởm sau khi ngủ dậy. (His hair was sticking up all over after waking up.)
Advanced Usage
- The word is primarily descriptive and often used in literary or vivid descriptive contexts to evoke a strong visual image of a jagged, spiky, or uneven surface.
Variants and Related Words
- Lởm chởm: A near-synonymous variant with the same meaning (craggy, jagged, bristling).
- Những tảng đá lởm chởm. (The jagged rocks.)
Synonyms
- Jagged: Having a sharply uneven surface.
- Spiky: Having many sharp points.
- Uneven: Not level or smooth.
Related Idioms
- There are no common idioms directly using the word "chơm chởm." Its usage is typically literal and descriptive.
adj
- Craggy, rugged, bristling
- đường núi chơm chởm những đáthe mountain path was craggy with rocks
- những mũi chông chơm chởmbristling pikes