Definition

1. Verb:
   • To feel a deep resentment against, to deeply resent: To harbor intense, burning anger and hatred towards someone or something, often due to a perceived wrong or injustice. This emotion is stronger than simple anger ("giận") and implies a profound, lasting bitterness.
   • To abhor; to detest utterly: To regard with extreme repugnance or intense loathing.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Người dân căm giận bọn tham nhũng. (The people deeply resent the corrupt officials.)
  • Cô ấy căm giận kẻ đã phản bội mình. (She feels a deep resentment against the person who betrayed her.)
  • Tội ác của hắn khiến mọi người căm giận. (His crimes make people abhor him.)

Advanced Usage

• "Lòng căm giận": A noun phrase meaning "the feeling of deep resentment" or "hatred".
  • Lòng căm giận bùng lên trong anh ta. (The feeling of deep resentment flared up within him.)
• "Căm giận đến tận xương tủy": An idiomatic expression meaning "to resent to the very marrow of one's bones", indicating an extreme, all-consuming hatred.
  • Họ căm giận kẻ xâm lược đến tận xương tủy. (They resent the invaders to the very marrow of their bones.)

Variants and Related Words

• Căm hờn (verb): A very close synonym, also meaning to harbor bitter hatred and resentment. It often carries a nuance of indignation mixed with hatred.
• Căm phẫn (verb): To be indignant and furious, often at an injustice. It emphasizes righteous anger.
• Căm thù (verb): To hate intensely. While "căm giận" focuses on angry resentment, "căm thù" focuses more on pure hatred.
• Giận (verb): To be angry. This is a more general and less intense term than "căm giận".
• Phẫn nộ (verb): To be outraged, indignant. It emphasizes a strong reaction to perceived injustice.

Synonyms

• To resent deeply: Cảm thấy phẫn uất sâu sắc.
• To detest: Ghét cay ghét đắng.
• To abominate: Cực kỳ ghét, kinh tởm.
• To loathe: Ghét, kinh tởm.

Related Phrases / Idioms

• Mắt trừng trừng đầy căm giận: (Eyes glaring with deep resentment) To stare with eyes full of hatred.
  • Anh ta nhìn đối thủ với đôi mắt trừng trừng đầy căm giận. (He looked at his rival with eyes glaring with deep resentment.)
• Nuôi lòng căm giận: (To nurture deep resentment) To harbor and feed one's hatred over time.
  • Kẻ phản bội đã nuôi lòng căm giận trong nhiều năm. (The traitor had nurtured deep resentment for many years.)

1. To feel a deep resentment against, to deeply resent