hãi hùng
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Fearful, terrified: Describes a state of experiencing intense fear or terror.
- Frightening, horrifying: Describes something that causes intense fear or horror.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Cảnh tượng đó thật hãi hùng. (That scene was truly horrifying.)
- Cô ấy cảm thấy hãi hùng khi một mình trong bóng tối. (She felt terrified when alone in the dark.)
- "Dặm rừng bước thấp bước cao hãi hùng." (The journey on the uneven forest path was really fearful.)
Advanced Usage
- Literary and Emphatic Use: "Hãi hùng" is often used in literary contexts or for strong emphasis to convey a profound sense of dread or to describe something extremely frightening. It is more intense than common words like "sợ" (afraid).
- Những ký ức hãi hùng của chiến tranh vẫn còn ám ảnh ông. (The horrifying memories of the war still haunt him.)
Variants and Related Words
- Hãi (v/n): To fear; fear. A root word meaning fear.
- Hãi quá! (How frightening!)
- Kinh hãi (adj): Horrified, appalled. A synonym with similar intensity.
- một tội ác kinh hãi (a horrifying crime)
- Khiếp hãi (adj): Terrified, filled with dread. Another strong synonym.
- khiếp hãi trước sức mạnh của thiên nhiên (terrified by the power of nature)
Synonyms
- Kinh sợ: To dread, to be terrified.
- Khiếp sợ: To be terrified, to be in dread.
- Sợ hãi: To be afraid, fearful (a more common compound).
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Hãi hùng kinh khiếp: An intensified phrase meaning utterly terrifying, horrifying beyond measure.
- Câu chuyện ma ấy hãi hùng kinh khiếp. (That ghost story is utterly terrifying.)
- Làm hãi hùng: To frighten, to terrify (to cause someone to be "hãi hùng").
- Tiếng gào thét trong đêm làm mọi người hãi hùng. (The scream in the night terrified everyone.)
- Fearful, frightening.
- "Dặm rừng bước thấp bước cao hãi hùng " (Nguyễn Du)
- The journey on thew uneven forest path was really fearful