giật gân

Thân thiện

Một tờ báo đăng tin giật gân về một vụ trộm kim cương.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Sensational: Designed to provoke intense excitement, shock, or curiosity, often by being exaggerated, shocking, or lurid. It typically describes news, stories, or details that are startling and attention-grabbing.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Tờ báo đó luôn đăng những tin tức giật gân. (That newspaper always publishes sensational news.)
  • Đó là một câu chuyện giật gân về tội phạm. (That is a sensational crime story.)
  • Tiêu đề bài báo thật sự giật gân. (The article's headline is truly sensational.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is almost exclusively used to describe the nature of information (e.g., media, narratives, revelations) rather than physical sensations. It carries a connotation of being deliberately shocking to attract attention.

Variants and Related Words

• Giật mình (v): to be startled, to jump in surprise. This is a different, though related, verb focusing on the physical reaction of surprise.
  • Một tiếng động lớn làm tôi giật mình. (A loud noise made me jump.)

Synonyms

• Sensationalistic: Emphasizing the shocking aspect.
• Lurid: Presenting shocking details in a graphic or crude way.
• Shocking: Causing intense surprise, disgust, or outrage.

Related Idioms

• While "giật gân" itself is not typically part of a longer idiom, it is the key descriptive term in phrases like:
  • tin giật gân: sensational news.
  • phim giật gân: sensational film (often a thriller).

Học thuật

adj

1. sensational