Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Emotionally cold or distant: Describes a person, attitude, or behavior that shows a lack of warmth, feeling, or sympathy; indifferent.
   • Physically or atmospherically chilling: Describes something, like weather or a setting, that feels intensely and unpleasantly cold in a way that affects one's emotions.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Cô ấy đối xử với mọi người một cách lạnh lùng. (She treats everyone in a cold manner.)
  • Gió mùa đông Bắc thổi lạnh lùng. (The northeasterly monsoon wind blows frigidly.)
  • Anh ấy chỉ đáp lại bằng một cái nhìn lạnh lùng. (He only responded with a cold stare.)

Advanced Usage

• "lạnh lùng đến tàn nhẫn": cold to the point of cruelty; ruthlessly cold.

  • Kẻ phản bội đưa ra quyết định lạnh lùng đến tàn nhẫn. (The betrayer made a ruthlessly cold decision.)

• Used to describe a calm, detached demeanor in critical situations, often implying calculated composure.

  • Viên chỉ huy phân tích tình huống với sự lạnh lùng đáng kinh ngạc. (The commander analyzed the situation with astonishing coldness.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lạnh (adj): cold (primarily for temperature, can also imply emotional coldness but is less intense than "lạnh lùng").
• Lạnh nhạt (adj): cold and indifferent, often in interpersonal relationships.
• Lạnh tanh (adj): icy cold (for both temperature and atmosphere).

Synonyms

• Cold: lacking emotional warmth.
• Frigid: very cold in attitude.
• Aloof: distant and not friendly.
• Indifferent: having no particular interest or sympathy.
• Glacial: extremely cold and unfriendly.

Antonyms

• Ấm áp: warm.
• Nồng nhiệt: enthusiastic, fervent.
• Thân thiện: friendly.
• Cảm thông: sympathetic.

Related Idioms

• Lạnh lùng như tiền: as cold as cash; describing someone who is purely transactional and unfeeling.

  • Anh ta từ chối giúp đỡ, thái độ lạnh lùng như tiền. (He refused to help, his attitude was as cold as cash.)

• Giọng nói lạnh lùng: a cold, icy tone of voice.

  • Bà ấy nói với tôi bằng giọng lạnh lùng. (She spoke to me in a cold voice.)

adj

1. cold, frigid