Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Easily hateable, detestable: Describes a person, behavior, or characteristic that naturally provokes strong dislike, contempt, or annoyance in others.
   • Abominable, execrable: Can describe something considered extremely unpleasant, offensive, or of very low quality.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Thái độ kiêu ngạo của anh ta thật dễ ghét. (His arrogant attitude is truly detestable.)
  • Cái tính hay khoe khoang của nó rất dễ ghét. (His boastful nature is very easy to hate.)
  • Thời tiết ẩm ướt và nóng bức này thật dễ ghét. (This humid and hot weather is truly abominable.)

Advanced Usage

• "trở nên dễ ghét": to become hateful/detestable.

  • Sự giả tạo đã khiến cô ấy trở nên dễ ghét trong mắt mọi người. (Her hypocrisy made her become detestable in everyone's eyes.)

• "một cách dễ ghét": in a hateful/detestable manner (adverbial phrase).

  • Hắn ta cười một cách dễ ghét. (He laughed in a detestable manner.)

Variants and Related Words

• Ghét (v): to hate, to detest. This is the root verb.
• Đáng ghét (adj): hateful, detestable. A very close synonym, often interchangeable with "dễ ghét," though "dễ ghét" can emphasize the with which dislike is provoked.
• Khó ưa (adj): unlikable, hard to like. A slightly milder term.

Synonyms

• Đáng ghét: hateful, detestable.
• Khó chịu: unpleasant, annoying (often less intense).
• Tởm: disgusting, loathsome (stronger, often with a sense of physical revulsion).

Related Idioms

• "Mặt dễ ghét": a hateful face/expression.

  • Nó nhìn tôi với cái mặt dễ ghét. (He looked at me with a hateful expression.)

• "Tính dễ ghét": a detestable character/trait.

  • Tính dễ ghét đó sẽ khiến cậu mất bạn bè. (That detestable trait will make you lose friends.)

1. abominable; execrable