gớm ghê
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Definition
- 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!)
- Frightful, horrible, disgusting