hoăng hoắc
Definition
- Adjective (reduplicative):
- Extremely pungent or rank: Describes a very strong, sharp, and unpleasant smell, often of something spoiled, rotten, or putrid. It intensifies the base adjective "hoắc" or "hoăng."
- Extremely fierce or savage: Used figuratively to describe behavior, temper, or actions that are violently aggressive, wild, or ferocious.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Mùi thức ăn thối để lâu ngày hoăng hoắc. (The smell of long-rotten food is extremely rank.)
- Con chó đó hung dữ hoăng hoắc. (That dog is savagely fierce.)
- Cơn giận của anh ta hoăng hoắc. (His anger was wildly violent.)
Advanced Usage
- The word is a reduplicative form (từ láy) used for emphatic intensification. It is often considered a stronger version of "hoắc" or "hoăng."
- It is primarily used in informal, colloquial speech to add vivid emphasis.
Variants and Related Words
- Hoắc (adj): Pungent, rank, fierce. The base word.
- Hoăng (adj): A shortened, colloquial form meaning pungent or fierce.
Synonyms
- Extremely stinky: profoundly foul-smelling.
- Extremely ferocious: intensely savage or violent.
Related Idioms
- Nóng hoăng hoắc: To be in an extremely fierce or violent rage.
- Anh ta nóng hoăng hoắc khi nghe tin. (He flew into an extremely fierce rage upon hearing the news.)
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