Definition

1. Verb:
   • To disparage; to vilify: To speak about someone in a very critical and disrespectful way that attacks their character or worth, often publicly or harshly.
   • To revile; to berate severely: To criticize someone with strong, abusive, and insulting language, intending to degrade or humiliate them.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Không nên mạt sát người khác chỉ vì họ mắc lỗi. (One should not disparage others just because they made a mistake.)
  • Ông ấy bị mạt sát thậm tệ trên báo chí. (He was severely vilified in the press.)
  • Cô ấy mạt sát đối thủ trong cuộc tranh luận. (She reviled her opponent during the debate.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "mạt sát" carries a strong negative connotation and implies a level of cruelty or contempt in the criticism that goes beyond simple disapproval. It is often used in contexts of public shaming, intense arguments, or verbal abuse.

Variants and Related Words

• Chỉ trích (v): to criticize. This is a more general and neutral term for criticism.
• Lăng mạ (v): to insult, to offend. This focuses more on the insulting aspect.
• Xỉ vả (v): to abuse verbally, to curse at someone.

Synonyms

• Disparage: To represent as being of little worth.
• Vilify: To utter slanderous and abusive statements against.
• Revile: To criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner.
• Berate: To scold or criticize angrily.

Related Idioms

• Mạt sát tơi bời: To berate or revile someone mercilessly and thoroughly.
  • Anh ta bị mạt sát tơi bời sau vụ scandal. (He was mercilessly reviled after the scandal.)

verb

1. to disparage; to criticize too severely