mê cuồng
Definition
- Adjective:
- Fanatical; Infatuated: Describes a state of being intensely and irrationally obsessed or passionately devoted to someone or something, often to the point of losing reason or self-control.
- Madly in love; Besotted: Refers to an overwhelming, often foolish, romantic obsession.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Anh ta mê cuồng trò chơi điện tử. (He is fanatical about video games.)
- Cô ấy yêu anh ấy một cách mê cuồng. (She is madly in love with him.)
- Sự mê cuồng của người hâm mộ dành cho ca sĩ đó thật đáng sợ. (The fans' fanaticism for that singer is frightening.)
Advanced Usage
- The term often implies a negative or dangerous intensity, suggesting the obsession is unhealthy or blinding.
- It can describe devotion to a person, idea, hobby, or ideology.
Variants and Related Words
- Cuồng (adj): crazy, mad, fanatical. Often used as a prefix to indicate intense obsession, e.g., (movie fanatic), (shoe fanatic).
- Mê muội (adj): deluded, blinded (often by love or false beliefs). Suggests a loss of discernment.
Synonyms
- Fanatical: filled with excessive and single-minded zeal.
- Obsessed: preoccupied with someone or something to an unhealthy degree.
- Infatuated: possessed by an intense but short-lived passion or admiration.
- Besotted: strongly infatuated; foolishly in love.
Related Idioms
- Mê như điếu đổ: To be utterly and hopelessly infatuated. (Lit: To be obsessed like a fallen opium pipe.)
- Anh ấy mê cô ấy như điếu đổ. (He is utterly besotted with her.)