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