dữ tợn
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Ferocious; Fierce: Having an extremely violent, savage, or aggressive nature or appearance, often causing fear.
- Menacing; Threatening: Displaying a frightening or intimidating aspect or expression.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Con chó đó trông rất dữ tợn. (That dog looks very ferocious.)
- Cơn bão với sức gió dữ tợn đã đổ bộ vào bờ biển. (The storm with ferocious winds made landfall on the coast.)
- Hắn ta nhe răng ra với một vẻ mặt dữ tợn. (He bared his teeth with a menacing expression.)
Advanced Usage
- Used to describe not only living creatures (animals, people) but also the powerful, dangerous, or intimidating nature of natural phenomena, forces, or even abstract concepts.
- Sự phản bội của hắn thật dữ tợn. (His betrayal was truly vicious.)
Variants and Related Words
Dữ (adj): fierce, angry, severe. A more general and common term for "fierce."
- Con sói này rất dữ. (This wolf is very fierce.)
Hùng tợn (adj): majestic and fierce, often with a sense of imposing power or grandeur.
- Vị tướng có dáng vẻ hùng tợn. (The general had a majestic and fierce bearing.)
Synonyms
- Ferocious: Savagely fierce, cruel, or violent.
- Fierce: Having or displaying an intense aggressive nature.
- Menacing: Suggesting the presence of danger; threatening.
- Savage: (Of an animal or force of nature) fierce, violent, and uncontrolled.
Related Idioms
Mặt mày dữ tợn: To have a ferocious/scowling face.
- Đừng nhìn tôi với mặt mày dữ tợn như thế. (Don't look at me with such a ferocious face.)
Dữ như cọp: (Fierce as a tiger) An idiom emphasizing extreme ferocity.
- Khi bảo vệ con, cô ấy trở nên dữ như cọp. (When protecting her child, she becomes fierce as a tiger.)