Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Ecstatic, enraptured, transported: Describes a state of being completely overcome with intense, overwhelming emotion, often joy, happiness, or admiration, to the point of feeling dazed or blissfully detached from reality.
   • Slightly dizzy, lightheaded, faint: Describes a physical state of feeling unsteady, woozy, or experiencing mild discomfort, often due to illness or external factors like heat.

Usage Examples

• Adjective (Emotional State):
  • Cô ấy ngây ngất trước vẻ đẹp của bức tranh. (She was enraptured by the beauty of the painting.)
  • Khán giả ngây ngất với giọng hát của ca sĩ. (The audience was transported by the singer's voice.)
• Adjective (Physical State):
  • Tôi cảm thấy người ngây ngất sau cơn sốt. (I felt faint after the fever.)
  • Anh ấy bị ngây ngất vì nắng nóng. (He felt lightheaded from the heat.)

Advanced Usage

• The word is often used in literary or descriptive contexts to convey a deep, almost intoxicating emotional or sensory experience.
• It can describe the effect something has on a person, implying a powerful, captivating influence.

Variants and Related Words

• Ngây người (adj): to be stunned, dumbfounded (often from surprise or shock).
  • Tin đó làm cô ấy ngây người. (That news left her stunned.)

Synonyms

• Ecstatic: Overwhelmingly joyful.
• Enraptured: Filled with great delight.
• Transport: To carry away with strong emotion.
• Dizzy: Having a sensation of spinning.
• Faint: Weak and lightheaded.

Related Idioms

• Ngây ngất vì hạnh phúc: To be intoxicated with happiness.
  • Cô dâu chú rể ngây ngất vì hạnh phúc. (The bride and groom were intoxicated with happiness.)
• Ngây ngất vì thắng lợi: To be drunk with success.
  • Đội bóng ngây ngất vì thắng lợi. (The team was drunk with success.)

1. to go into ecstasy