cuồng nộ
Definition
- Adjective:
- Furious, enraged, in a violent rage: Describes an extremely intense and uncontrolled state of anger, often with a sense of wildness or madness.
- Frenzied, furious (in music): In musical terminology, indicates a passage to be played in a wild, furious, and impetuous manner.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Sau khi nghe tin, anh ấy đã trở nên cuồng nộ. (After hearing the news, he became furious.)
- Đám đông cuồng nộ đã phá hủy tòa nhà. (The frenzied mob destroyed the building.)
- Bản nhạc này có một đoạn chơi cuồng nộ. (This piece of music has a section to be played furioso.)
Advanced Usage
"cơn cuồng nộ": a fit of rage, a burst of fury.
- Anh ta không thể kiểm soát được cơn cuồng nộ của mình. (He could not control his fit of rage.)
"sự cuồng nộ": the fury, the rage (as a concept).
- Sự cuồng nộ của biển cả thật đáng sợ. (The fury of the sea is terrifying.)
Variants and Related Words
- Cuồng (adj): mad, insane, fanatical. Often used as a prefix (e.g., - fervent, - fanatical).
- Nộ (literary, n/adj): anger, wrath. Found in compounds like (indignant), (angry).
Synonyms
- Phẫn nộ: indignant, wrathful (often implies righteous anger).
- Giận dữ: angry, wrathful.
- Điên tiết: to be beside oneself with rage (idiomatic).
- Giận điên lên: to be furious, to fly into a rage (idiomatic).
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
(Note: As 'cuồng nộ' is primarily an adjective, it does not form phrasal verbs. The related phrases are idiomatic expressions.)
Related Idioms
Nổi cơn cuồng nộ: to fly into a furious rage.
- Ông chủ nổi cơn cuồng nộ khi thấy báo cáo. (The boss flew into a furious rage when he saw the report.)
Cuồng nộ như điên: furious like a madman.
- Kẻ sát nhân trở nên cuồng nộ như điên. (The murderer became furious like a madman.)