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nghịch mắt

Một người đàn ông có vẻ mặt lơ láo trơ trẽn, trông rất nghịch mắt.

Definition

Adjective: - Unseemly, unpleasant to look at: Describes something that is visually jarring, offensive, or causes discomfort to the observer. It implies a violation of visual harmony or propriety. - Eyesore: Something that is ugly or disagreeable to look at.

Usage Examples
  • Adjective:
    • Căn nhà màu sắc loè loẹt ấy trông thật nghịch mắt. (That garishly colored house looks truly unseemly.)
    • Kiểu trang trí lộn xộn này rất nghịch mắt. (This chaotic style of decoration is very unpleasant to the eye.)
    • Ăn mặc lôi thôi lếch thếch ra đường trông nghịch mắt lắm. (Going out dressed sloppily looks very unseemly.)
Advanced Usage
  • Often used to express subjective disapproval of an appearance, not just objective ugliness. It carries a connotation of being irritating or bothersome to look at.
  • Can be used in comparative forms: (more unseemly), (the most unseemly).
  • "trông thấy nghịch mắt": to find something visually offensive upon seeing it.
    • Cảnh tượng ấy trông thấy nghịch mắt. (That scene is offensive to look at.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Nghịch (adj/verb): Can mean mischievous, contrary, or to play/act against. In , it carries the sense of "acting against" the eye's comfort.
  • Khó coi (adj): Unpleasant to look at, unsightly. A close synonym, though can imply a stronger sense of active irritation.
  • Chói mắt (adj): Dazzling, glaring to the eyes (often due to bright light). Shares the concept of visual discomfort but from a different cause.
Synonyms
  • Khó chịu (về mặt thị giác): Uncomfortable (visually).
  • Phản cảm: Offensive, causing a negative reaction (broader, can be for non-visual things too).
  • Xấu xí: Ugly.
  • Lố bịch: Ridiculous, ludicrous (in appearance).
Related Idioms and Phrases
  • "Nghịch tai": Unpleasant to the ear, jarring to hear. This is a parallel construction to , applying the concept to sound.
    • Giọng nói chói tai ấy nghe thật nghịch tai. (That shrill voice sounds very unpleasant to the ear.)
  • While itself is a fixed phrase, it can be part of larger descriptive sentences criticizing appearance.
nghịch mắt

Một người đàn ông có vẻ mặt lơ láo trơ trẽn, trông rất nghịch mắt.

  1. Unseemly
    • Ăn mặc trông nghịch mắt quá
      To be dressed in a very unseemly way

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