kệch cỡm

Thân thiện

Bộ trang phục màu mè, phối hợp lộn xộn của anh ta trông thật kệch cỡm.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Ludicrous: Something that is absurdly incongruous or ridiculous, often in a way that provokes laughter or scorn due to its lack of sophistication or appropriateness.
   • Grossly Unrefined / Crude: Something that is conspicuously lacking in taste, elegance, or cultural polish, appearing coarse and awkward.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Bộ trang phục đó trông thật kệch cỡm trong bữa tiệc sang trọng. (That outfit looks utterly ludicrous at the elegant party.)
  • Lối kiến trúc kệch cỡm của tòa nhà bị mọi người chỉ trích. (The building's grossly unrefined architecture was criticized by everyone.)
  • Anh ta kể một câu chuyện kệch cỡm chẳng ai tin. (He told a ludicrous story that no one believed.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "kệch cỡm" often carries a strong subjective judgment and is used to express disdain or mockery towards something perceived as tastelessly overdone or inappropriately mismatched to its context.

Variants and Related Words

• Kệch (adj): Awkward, clumsy, or lacking in grace. Often used alone but with a slightly less intense connotation than "kệch cỡm."
  • Cái bàn này làm thủ công nên trông hơi kệch. (This handmade table looks a bit awkward.)

Synonyms

• Absurd: Wildly unreasonable, illogical, or inappropriate.
• Tasteless: Lacking aesthetic sensibility or refinement.
• Garish: Obtrusively bright and showy; lurid.
• Outlandish: Looking or sounding bizarre or unfamiliar.

Related Idioms

• While "kệch cỡm" itself is commonly used as a standalone descriptive phrase, it effectively conveys the sense of the idiom "a sore thumb"—meaning something that is very obviously different or inappropriate in its surroundings.
  • Cái lều màu hồng đó đứng giữa rừng thông xanh trông thật kệch cỡm. (That pink tent stood out like a sore thumb amidst the green pine forest.)

Học thuật

1. Misfitted
2. Ludicrous