Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Frightful, horrible: Causing intense fear, shock, or dread.
   • Disgusting, revolting: Extremely unpleasant or offensive to the senses or moral feelings, causing a strong feeling of aversion.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Cảnh tượng đó thật gớm ghê. (That sight is truly horrible.)
  • Mùi từ đống rác thật gớm ghê. (The smell from the garbage pile is disgusting.)
  • Hắn ta có một tội ác gớm ghê. (He committed a frightful crime.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "gớm ghê" is often used for emphasis to express a strong, visceral reaction of horror or disgust towards something concrete (like a sight, smell, or action) or something abstract (like a thought or behavior).

Variants and Related Words

• Ghê gớm (adj): This is a common variant with the same core meaning of "terrible" or "formidable," though it can sometimes lean more towards "intense" or "severe" in certain contexts.
  • Một đối thủ ghê gớm. (A formidable opponent.)

Synonyms

• Horrible: Causing or likely to cause horror; shocking.
• Disgusting: Arousing revulsion or strong indignation.
• Revolting: Causing intense disgust; repulsive.
• Frightful: Very unpleasant, serious, or shocking.

Related Idioms

• While "gớm ghê" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it is used in exclamatory phrases for strong effect.
  • Gớm ghê chưa! (How horrible/disgusting!)

1. Frightful, horrible, disgusting