Definition

1. Verb:
   • To abandon, to cast aside, to forsake (due to strong dislike or aversion): The primary meaning is to completely turn away from, ignore, or stop caring for someone or something because one feels intense dislike, disgust, or scorn towards them. It implies a deliberate act of rejection and emotional withdrawal.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Sau khi phạm lỗi lầm, anh ta bị mọi người ghét bỏ. (After making a mistake, he was forsaken by everyone.)
  • Đừng ghét bỏ đứa trẻ chỉ vì nó nghịch ngợm. (Don't cast aside the child just because he is mischievous.)
  • Cô ấy cảm thấy bị ghét bỏ ngay trong chính gia đình mình. (She felt abandoned even within her own family.)

Advanced Usage

• To be in a state of being hated and abandoned: The passive form "bị ghét bỏ" is very common, describing the state of the person who receives the scorn and abandonment.
  • Nhân vật phản diện cuối cùng đã phải sống trong cảnh cô độc bị ghét bỏ. (The villain ultimately had to live in lonely disgrace.)

Variants and Related Words

• Ghét (v): To hate, to dislike. This is the root verb. "Ghét bỏ" intensifies this feeling into an action of abandonment.
• Ruồng bỏ (v): To abandon, to desert (often with a stronger connotation of cruelty or in a familial context).
• Xa lánh (v): To avoid, to shun, to keep away from.

Synonyms

• Abandon: To leave completely and finally.
• Forsake: To renounce or turn away from entirely.
• Shun: To deliberately avoid or keep away from.
• Ostracize: To exclude from a society or group.

Related Phrases / Idioms

• (Bị) ghét như bỏ: (To be) intensely hated. This idiom uses "bỏ" (to discard) for emphasis, closely related to the feeling in "ghét bỏ".
  • Tên phản bội đó bị dân làng ghét như bỏ. (That traitor is utterly despised by the villagers.)

1. Disgrace