gớm mặt
Definition
- Verb phrase:
- To detest, to hate (even the sight of): Expresses a feeling of intense disgust, loathing, or contempt towards someone, to the point where one cannot bear to look at them. It implies a strong aversion based on the person's character or actions.
Usage Examples
- Verb phrase:
- Gớm mặt con người gian trá. (How detestable that treacherous person is! / I detest the sight of that deceitful person.)
- Tôi thật sự gớm mặt kẻ nịnh bợ. (I truly detest the sight of a sycophant.)
- Hành động của hắn khiến mọi người đều gớm mặt. (His actions make everyone detest the sight of him.)
Advanced Usage
- "Gớm mặt" is a strong, emotionally charged expression. It is often used in exclamations to convey moral outrage or profound personal disgust. It is more intense than simply "không thích" (dislike) and carries a connotation of finding someone or their behavior morally repugnant.
- Gớm mặt! Lại đến xin xỏ nữa rồi. (How detestable! He's coming to beg for favors again.)
Variants and Related Words
- Gớm (adj/verb): Disgusting, revolting; to find something disgusting.
- Đồ ăn này bốc mùi gớm quá. (This food smells revolting.)
- Ghê tởm (verb): To abhor, to loathe. A close synonym, though "gớm mặt" specifically emphasizes the aversion to the sight/face of the person.
- Kinh tởm (verb): To be disgusted by, to find repulsive.
Synonyms
- Despise: To look down on with contempt.
- Loathe: To feel intense dislike or disgust for.
- Abhor: To regard with disgust and hatred.
- Detest: To dislike intensely.
Related Idioms
- Gớm miệng: To find something disgusting to taste or say. (Note: This is a related but distinct phrase focusing on taste/speech, not sight.)
- Món đó nhìn đã thấy gớm miệng. (That dish looks disgusting to even think about eating.)
- Ngán đến tận cổ: To be fed up to the back teeth. (Expresses deep annoyance or weariness rather than moral disgust.)
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Destest, hate (even the sight of)
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Gớm mặt con người gian tráHow detestable that treachrous person!
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