khiếp sợ
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Definition
- Adjective / Verb (used with "to be" or intransitively):
- To be horrified, to be terrified: To experience an intense, overwhelming feeling of fear or dread, often to the point of being shaken or paralyzed in spirit.
- To be extremely frightened: A state of profound fear caused by something perceived as extremely threatening or dreadful.
Usage Examples
- Adjective / Verb:
- Mọi người đều khiếp sợ trước sự tàn bạo của kẻ thù. (Everyone was horrified by the enemy's brutality.)
- Đứa trẻ khiếp sợ khi nghe thấy tiếng động lạ trong bóng tối. (The child was terrified upon hearing a strange noise in the darkness.)
- Sự im lặng ở nơi đó khiến tôi khiếp sợ. (The silence in that place filled me with terror.)
Advanced Usage
- Can function as a stative verb, often used with "trước" (before/in the face of) to indicate the object of the fear.
- Can be used descriptively to characterize a state of being.
Variants and Related Words
Khiếp đảm (adj/v): To be terrified, to be appalled. A synonym with a very similar intensity.
- Bộ phim kinh dị khiến khán giả khiếp đảm. (The horror movie left the audience appalled.)
Khiếp hãi (adj/v): To be terrified, to be frightened out of one's wits. Another near-identical synonym.
- Họ khiếp hãi bỏ chạy. (They fled in terror.)
Synonyms
- Horrified: Filled with shock and fear.
- Terrified: Extremely frightened.
- Appalled: Greatly horrified or shocked.
Related Idioms
Khiếp sợ đến xanh mặt: To be so terrified that one's face turns pale.
- Cô ấy khiếp sợ đến xanh mặt khi nhìn thấy con rắn. (She was so terrified at the sight of the snake that her face turned pale.)
Khiếp sợ như chuột thấy mèo: To be as frightened as a mouse seeing a cat (to be scared stiff).
- Tên trộm khiếp sợ như chuột thấy mèo khi cảnh sát xuất hiện. (The thief was as frightened as a mouse seeing a cat when the police appeared.)
- be horrified, be terrified