kinh sợ
Definition
- Verb:
- To be terrified / to be greatly afraid: To feel an intense, profound, or overwhelming sense of fear or dread.
- To be horrified: To feel a strong mixture of fear, shock, and disgust, often in reaction to something disturbing.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Mọi người đều kinh sợ trước sức mạnh của cơn bão. (Everyone was terrified of the storm's power.)
- Đứa trẻ kinh sợ khi nhìn thấy con nhện lớn. (The child was horrified when he saw the large spider.)
- Câu chuyện ma khiến tôi kinh sợ. (The ghost story filled me with dread.)
Advanced Usage
- "kinh sợ hãi hùng": to be utterly terrified, to be filled with horror.
- Cảnh tượng tại hiện trường vụ án khiến các nhân chứng kinh sợ hãi hùng. (The scene at the crime site left the witnesses utterly horrified.)
Variants and Related Words
Kinh hoàng (adj): horrifying, terrifying (describes the thing causing fear).
- Đó là một vụ tai nạn kinh hoàng. (That was a horrifying accident.)
Kinh hãi (v): to be horrified, to be appalled (similar to "kinh sợ" but can emphasize sudden shock).
- Chúng tôi kinh hãi trước tin tức đó. (We were appalled by that news.)
Synonyms
- To dread: To anticipate with great fear or apprehension.
- To be frightened: To be made afraid.
- To be horrified: To be filled with horror or shock.
Related Idioms
- Kinh sợ thất kinh hồn vía: To be scared out of one's wits; to be frightened to the point of losing one's spirit.
- Tiếng nổ lớn làm người dân kinh sợ thất kinh hồn vía. (The loud explosion frightened the residents out of their wits.)
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