Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Mad; Crazy; Insane: Describes a state of extreme mental disturbance, frenzy, or loss of reason. It implies a wild, uncontrolled, or irrational condition.
   • Fanatical; Passionately Obsessive: Describes an intense, overwhelming enthusiasm or devotion for something, often to an extreme degree.

2. Adjective (extended usage):

   • Furious; Frantic; Violent: Describes something characterized by wild, uncontrolled energy or intensity, such as a storm or a passionate emotion.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Anh ta có vẻ hơi cuồng. (He seems a bit crazy.)
  • Cô ấy là một người hâm mộ cuồng nhiệt. (She is a fanatical fan.)
  • Cơn bão với sức gió cuồng nộ. (The storm with furious wind.)

Advanced Usage

• "cuồng [noun]": A common compound structure where "cuồng" precedes a noun to mean "fanatical about [noun]" or "[noun]-crazy".
  • Anh ấy là một tay chơi game cuồng. (He is a gaming fanatic.)
  • Cô ấy cuồng mua sắm. (She is shopaholic / crazy about shopping.)

Variants and Related Words

• Điên cuồng (adj): Mad, insane, frenzied. Often used for emphasis.

  • Tiếng hét điên cuồng. (A frenzied scream.)

• Cuồng nhiệt (adj): Ardent, fervent, passionate (often in a positive, enthusiastic sense).

  • Sự cổ vũ cuồng nhiệt. (Ardent cheering.)

• Cuồng phong (n): A strong gale; violent storm (literally "mad wind").

  • Thuyền đánh cá gặp cuồng phong. (The fishing boat encountered a violent storm.)

Synonyms

• Insane: In a state of mind that prevents normal perception, behavior, or social interaction.
• Fanatical: Filled with excessive and single-minded zeal.
• Frenzied: Wildly excited or uncontrolled.
• Obsessive: Preoccupying the mind to an excessive degree.

Related Idioms

• Nổi cơn cuồng: To fly into a rage, to have a fit of madness.

  • Ông chủ nổi cơn cuồng khi thấy báo cáo. (The boss flew into a rage when he saw the report.)

• Cuồng vọng: Delusions of grandeur; mad ambition.

  • Kế hoạch đó chỉ là cuồng vọng. (That plan is just delusional ambition.)

adj

1. mad; crazy
   • tình yêu điên cuồng
     A crazy love