Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Unsightly, unpleasant to look at: "ngược mắt" describes something that is visually displeasing, causing discomfort or annoyance to the observer due to its appearance or state of disorder.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Giày dép để bừa bãi ở phòng khách trông ngược mắt. (Shoes lying about messily in the living room look unsightly.)
  • Căn phòng bừa bộn quá, thật ngược mắt. (The room is too messy, it's really unpleasant to look at.)
  • Kiểu trang trí đó khiến tôi thấy ngược mắt. (That style of decoration makes me find it unsightly.)

Advanced Usage

• "trông thấy ngược mắt": to find something unsightly upon seeing it.
  • Cảnh tượng ấy trông thấy ngược mắt. (That scene is unsightly to look at.)

Variants and Related Words

• Ngược (adj): contrary, opposite, against. Note: In "ngược mắt", "ngược" takes on a figurative meaning related to visual discomfort.
• Khó coi (adj): unsightly, unseemly. A close synonym.
• Chướng mắt (adj): offensive to the eye, eyesore. A stronger synonym implying visual offense.

Synonyms

• Khó trông: hard/difficult to look at.
• Mất thẩm mỹ: lacking in aesthetics.
• Xấu xí: ugly.

Related Idioms

• Chướng tai gai mắt: (idiom) offensive to the ears and eyes; describes something that is both audibly and visually grating.
  • Hành vi đó thật chướng tai gai mắt. (That behavior is truly offensive to the ears and eyes.)

1. Unsightly
   • Giày dép để bừa bãi ở phòng kháck trông ngược mắt
     Those shoes lying about topsyturvy in the sitting-room are unsightly