cuồng dại

Đám đông cuồng dại lao về phía trước.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Insane / Mad: Describes a state of extreme mental derangement, characterized by a complete loss of rational thought and self-control.
   • Frenzied / Rabid: Refers to a wild, uncontrollable, and often violent intensity of emotion or action.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Sau cú sốc, anh ta trở nên cuồng dại. (After the shock, he became insane.)
  • Đám đông cuồng dại lao về phía trước. (The frenzied crowd surged forward.)
  • Tiếng cười cuồng dại vang lên trong đêm. (A mad laughter rang out in the night.)

Advanced Usage

• Used to intensify actions or states to an extreme, illogical degree.
  • Một tình yêu cuồng dại. (A mad, obsessive love.)
  • Sự phản kháng cuồng dại. (Rabid resistance.)

Variants and Related Words

• Cuồng (adj): Often used as a prefix meaning "fanatical," "crazy for," or "rabid" (e.g., - fervent, - fanatical).
• Điên cuồng (adj): A near-synonymous compound meaning "frantic," "furious," or "insane."
  • Hành động điên cuồng. (A frantic action.)

Synonyms

• Insane: In a state of mind that prevents normal perception, behavior, or social interaction.
• Frenzied: Wildly excited or uncontrolled.
• Rabid: Having or proceeding from an extreme or fanatical support of or belief in something.
• Deranged: Mad; insane.

Related Idioms

• Cuồng dại như điên: As mad as a hatter; completely and utterly insane.
  • Kẻ đó hành động cuồng dại như điên. (That person acts as mad as a hatter.)