gắt
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Definition
Adjective:
- Intense; severe; harsh: Used to describe something that is extreme or excessive in degree, such as strong sunlight, a pungent taste, or a sharp sound.
- Irritable; short-tempered: Describes a person's mood or behavior as easily annoyed, snappish, or quick to anger.
Verb:
- To snap at; to scold sharply: To speak to someone in a harsh, irritable, and often loud manner, usually due to annoyance or anger.
Usage Examples
Adjective:
- Trời nắng gắt. (The sun is intensely hot.)
- Vị chanh này chua gắt. (This lemon has a sharp, intense sourness.)
- Anh ấy có tính gắt. (He has an irritable temperament.)
Verb:
- Bà ấy gắt con vì làm ồn. (She snapped at her child for making noise.)
- Ông chủ gắt nhân viên. (The boss scolded the employee sharply.)
Advanced Usage
- "gắt gỏng": (adjective) irritable, cantankerous. This compound emphasizes a consistently bad-tempered and snappy disposition.
- Sau một ngày mệt mỏi, cô ấy trở nên gắt gỏng. (After a tiring day, she became irritable.)
Variants and Related Words
Cáu gắt (adj/verb): to be or become irritable and snap; a state of irritability. This is a common synonym.
- Đừng cáu gắt với tôi. (Don't snap at me.)
Gắt guộc (adj): describes a thin, harsh, and often unpleasant voice.
- Giọng nói gắt guộc của bà ta. (Her harsh, shrill voice.)
Synonyms
- Adjective: intense, harsh, severe, sharp, irritable, snappish.
- Verb: to snap, to bark, to scold sharply.
Related Idioms
Gắt như mắm tôm: (as sharp/intense as shrimp paste) An idiom describing someone who is extremely irritable or something that is excessively pungent or strong.
- Ông ấy nổi giận, gắt như mắm tôm. (He got angry, flying into a fierce rage.)
Nóng gắt: (adjective) intensely hot; also used figuratively for a hot temper.
- Thời tiết nóng gắt. (The weather is scorching hot.)
- Tính nóng gắt. (A hot-tempered disposition.)
adj
- hard; severe; violent; intense
- sự nóng gắtintense heat