ngùn ngụt
Definition
- Adjective:
- Burning fiercely and billowing: Describes flames, fire, or smoke rising with great intensity, in thick, rolling clouds or columns.
- Raging or seething with great intensity: Used figuratively to describe powerful, overwhelming emotions (like anger, hatred) or abstract forces that are felt as intensely as a roaring fire.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Ngọn lửa cháy ngùn ngụt suốt đêm. (The fire burned fiercely all night.)
- Khói đen bốc lên ngùn ngụt từ nhà máy. (Black smoke billowed intensely from the factory.)
- Lòng căm thù ngùn ngụt trong tim anh ta. (Seething hatred raged in his heart.)
Advanced Usage
- Often used in literary or descriptive contexts to create a vivid image of overwhelming power and scale, whether literal (fire) or metaphorical (emotion).
Synonyms
- Billowing: (for smoke/flames) rising or rolling in large clouds.
- Raging: showing violent, uncontrollable force.
- Seething: filled with intense but often suppressed emotion.
- Fiercely: in a powerful and intense manner.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Cháy ngùn ngụt: to be ablaze, to burn fiercely.
- Cánh rừng cháy ngùn ngụt. (The forest was ablaze.)
- Căm thù ngùn ngụt: to harbor seething/raging hatred.
- Họ chiến đấu với lòng căm thù ngùn ngụt. (They fought with seething hatred.)