mừng quýnh
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Be overjoyed; bubble over with joy: To feel an intense, overwhelming, and often visibly exuberant happiness, typically causing excited or slightly disoriented behavior.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Nghe tin con thi đỗ, bà ấy mừng quýnh lên. (Hearing the news her child passed the exam, she was overjoyed.)
- Cậu bé mừng quýnh khi nhận được món quà bất ngờ. (The boy was bubbling over with joy when he received the unexpected gift.)
- Cả nhà mừng quýnh vì anh ấy đã về an toàn. (The whole family was overjoyed because he returned home safely.)
Advanced Usage
- The word often implies a joy so sudden and powerful that it momentarily overwhelms one's composure, leading to actions like jumping, shouting, or crying tears of happiness.
Variants and Related Words
- Mừng rỡ (adj): To be delighted, to be glad. This is a close synonym but generally denotes a slightly less overwhelming degree of joy than "mừng quýnh."
- Họ mừng rỡ chào đón vị khách. (They delightedly welcomed the guest.)
Synonyms
- Overjoyed: Extremely happy.
- Elated: Very happy and excited.
- Exultant: Triumphantly joyful.
- Ecstatic: Feeling or expressing overwhelming happiness.
Related Idioms
- Mừng quýnh mừng quái: An intensified, colloquial form emphasizing being wildly or uncontrollably overjoyed.
- Tìm thấy ví, anh ta mừng quýnh mừng quái. (Finding his wallet, he was wildly overjoyed.)
- Be overjoyed; bubble over with joy