Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Bristling; jagged: Describes a surface with many uneven, sharp, or pointed projections sticking out.
   • Rough; rugged: Describes an uneven, coarse, or irregular surface, often making movement or travel difficult.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Con đường núi lởm chởm đá. (The mountain road is jagged with rocks.)
  • Hàng rào lởm chởm những thanh gỗ vỡ. (The fence is bristling with broken wooden slats.)
  • Bờ tường được xây một cách lởm chởm. (The wall was built in a rough, uneven manner.)

Advanced Usage

• Used to describe abstract concepts of unevenness or irregularity.
  • Đồ thị cho thấy một đường biểu diễn lởm chởm. (The graph shows a jagged line.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lởm khởm (adj): A less common variant with a similar meaning of rough or uneven.
• Gồ ghề (adj): bumpy, rugged (often for terrain).
• Xù xì (adj): rough, coarse (often for texture).

Synonyms

• Jagged: Having sharp, uneven points.
• Bristling: Having short, stiff, prickly hairs or points.
• Rugged: Having a rough, irregular surface.
• Uneven: Not level or smooth.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Lởm chởm như răng bừa: As jagged as a harrow's teeth (a simile emphasizing extreme unevenness).
  • Mái tôn cũ lởm chởm như răng bừa. (The old corrugated iron roof was as jagged as a harrow's teeth.)

adj

1. bristling; brushy
   • râu lởm chởm
     bristling moustache. rough; rugged