Definition

1. 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

1. Craggy, rugged, bristling
   • đường núi chơm chởm những đá
     the mountain path was craggy with rocks
   • những mũi chông chơm chởm
     bristling pikes