Definition

1. 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.)

1. Be overjoyed; bubble over with joy