Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Extremely thin or emaciated: Describes a person or animal who is excessively skinny, to the point where bones are prominent and the body appears to be nothing but skin and bones. It implies a state of severe, often unhealthy, thinness.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Sau trận ốm nặng, anh ấy trông gầy đét. (After the serious illness, he looks extremely thin.)
  • Con chó hoang bị bỏ rơi trông gầy đét và yếu ớt. (The abandoned stray dog looked scraggy and weak.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "gầy đét" often carries a stronger, more vivid connotation than just "gầy" (thin). It is frequently used to evoke pity or concern, describing a condition resulting from sickness, malnutrition, or extreme hardship.

Variants and Related Words

• Gầy (adj): thin, slim.
  • Cô ấy cao và gầy. (She is tall and thin.)
• Gầy gò (adj): gaunt, scrawny.
  • Ông lão gầy gò vẫn làm việc trên đồng. (The gaunt old man still works in the field.)
• Ốm yếu (adj): sickly and weak.
  • Đứa trẻ ốm yếu cần được chăm sóc đặc biệt. (The sickly child needs special care.)

Synonyms

• Emaciated: abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or lack of food.
• Scraggy: unattractively thin and bony.
• Gaunt: lean and haggard, especially from suffering, hunger, or age.
• Skinny: very thin, often in an unattractive way.
• Bony: so thin that the bones can be seen.

Related Idioms

• Chỉ còn da bọc xương: (idiom) nothing but skin and bones; a direct descriptive equivalent to the meaning of "gầy đét".
  • Cứu được nó từ trại tù, nó chỉ còn da bọc xương. (Rescued from the prison camp, he was nothing but skin and bones.)

adj

1. scraggy