Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Grawing, tormenting, poignant: Describes a deep, persistent, and often painful emotional state that lingers and causes continuous mental or emotional distress. It emphasizes the intensity and enduring nature of a feeling, such as longing, sadness, or love.
   • Bitterly intense, acute: Conveys a sharp, penetrating quality of emotion that is deeply felt and difficult to shake off.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Nỗi nhớ da diết cứ dày vò cô ấy mỗi đêm. (A tormenting longing haunted her every night.)
  • Anh ấy nghe bản nhạc với một nỗi buồn da diết. (He listened to the song with a poignant sadness.)
  • Tình yêu da diết của họ đã vượt qua mọi thử thách. (Their acutely intense love overcame all challenges.)

Advanced Usage

• "da diết lòng": poignant to the heart, heart-wrenching.
  • Câu chuyện da diết lòng ấy khiến ai cũng xúc động. (That heart-wrenching story moved everyone.)
• Used to modify abstract nouns related to deep feeling (e.g., - longing, love, sadness, anticipation).

Variants and Related Words

• Day dứt (verb/adjective): to be troubled, remorseful; nagging. Shares the connotation of a persistent, troubling thought but often implies guilt or regret.
• Thấm thía (adjective): profound, deeply felt. Describes something deeply understood or felt, often a lesson or emotion, but without the strong connotation of persistent torment present in .

Synonyms

• Grawing: (làm) day dứt, dày vò.
• Tormenting: (sự) hành hạ, dày vò.
• Poignant: thấm thía, chua xót, gây xúc động mạnh.
• Acute: mãnh liệt, sâu sắc.

Idioms and Common Phrases

• Nhớ da diết: To be tormented by a deep longing; to miss someone/something acutely.
  • Cô ấy nhớ quê hương da diết. (She is tormented by a deep longing for her homeland.)
• Buồn da diết: To be filled with a poignant, lingering sadness.
  • Giai điệu ấy gợi lên một nỗi buồn da diết. (That melody evokes a poignant sadness.)

adj

1. grawing; tormenting
   • nhớ da diết
     To be tormented by a deep longing