Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Littered up, strewn everywhere in a messy and excessive quantity: Describes a scene where something (typically waste, trash, or unwanted items) is scattered or piled up in such a large amount that it is visually overwhelming and creates a shocking or unpleasant impression.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Sau lễ hội, rác thải nhựa ngập mắt ở công viên. (After the festival, plastic waste littered up the park.)
  • Căn phòng bỏ hoang với đồ đạc cũ ngập mắt. (The abandoned room had old furniture strewn everywhere.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase "ngập mắt" is often used in a figurative sense to describe an overwhelming abundance of something negative or undesirable, not just physical litter.
  • Tin tức giả ngập mắt trên mạng xã hội. (Fake news is rampant on social media.)

Variants and Related Words

• Ngập (verb): To flood, to inundate, to be submerged. This is the root verb indicating an overwhelming amount.
• Ngập ngụa (adjective): To be wallowing in (often used for negative, abstract things like debt or sorrow).
• Bừa bộn (adjective): Messy, untidy. A close synonym describing a state of disorder.

Synonyms

• Chất đống: Piled up.
• Vương vãi: Scattered about.
• Tràn ngập: To flood, to be flooded with (can be used for both neutral/positive and negative things, whereas "ngập mắt" is almost exclusively negative).

Related Phrases

• Ngập đầu: Literally "flooded up to the head," meaning overwhelmed (often by work or problems).
• Ngập tràn: Overflowing, brimming with (can have a positive connotation, e.g., happiness).

Notes on Usage

• "Ngập mắt" is a vivid, descriptive phrase. It emphasizes the visual impact and the excessive, disorderly nature of the abundance. It is almost always used with a negative connotation.
• It is primarily used in written Vietnamese or formal spoken language to criticize a situation. In casual speech, simpler words like "nhiều quá" (too much) or "bừa bãi" (messy) might be used instead.

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