Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Lustful; lecherous: Characterized by excessive, unrestrained, or promiscuous sexual desire. It describes a person who is driven by or indulges in uncontrolled carnal appetites.
   • Debauched; libidinous: Pertaining to a morally dissolute life dominated by sensual pleasures and wanton behavior.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Hắn bị mọi người xa lánh vì bản tính hoang dâm. (He is shunned by everyone because of his lustful nature.)
  • Câu chuyện kể về một vị vua hoang dâm và tàn bạo. (The story tells of a king who was debauched and cruel.)
  • Những hành động hoang dâm của hắn đã bị lên án. (His lecherous actions were condemned.)

Advanced Usage

• The term hoang dâm is often used in literary, historical, or formal condemnatory contexts to describe deep moral corruption related to sexual excess. It implies a lack of all restraint and decency.

Variants and Related Words

• Dâm đãng (adj): Lewd, lascivious. Often used similarly but can sometimes imply a more overtly obscene or vulgar expression of lust.
• Trụy lạc (adj): Decadent, depraved. Broader than hoang dâm, encompassing a general moral decline often including, but not limited to, sexual dissipation.
• Phóng đãng (adj): Dissolute, licentious. Emphasizes a reckless abandonment of moral restraints in behavior.

Synonyms

• Lustful: Having or showing strong feelings of sexual desire.
• Lecherous: Having or showing excessive or offensive sexual desire.
• Libidinous: Showing excessive sexual drive; lustful.
• Wanton: (Of a person) sexually unrestrained or promiscuous.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Sống hoang dâm: To live a debauched/lustful life.
  • Giai đoạn cuối đời, ông ta sống hoang dâm và sa đọa. (In the last stage of his life, he lived debauched and depraved.)
• Thú hoang dâm: Debauched/lustful pleasures.
  • Kẻ cầm quyền chìm đắm trong những thú hoang dâm. (The ruler was immersed in debauched pleasures.)

adj

1. lustful