Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Fussily domineering; overly bossy and meddlesome: Describes a person, typically a woman or girl, who is annoyingly interfering, trying to control small matters in a fussy, noisy, or irritating manner.
   • Restlessly active in a bothersome way: Refers to moving about or acting in a restless, hyperactive, and intrusive way that causes annoyance.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Cô ấy lúc nào cũng nhắng nhít, can thiệp vào mọi việc của người khác. (She is always fussily domineering, meddling in everyone else's business.)
  • Đám trẻ chạy nhắng nhít khắp nhà làm ồn ào cả lên. (The children ran around restlessly all over the house, making a lot of noise.)
  • Tôi không thích cách cô ta nhắng nhít chỉ đạo mọi người trong bếp. (I don't like her fussily domineering way of directing everyone in the kitchen.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "nhắng nhít" often carries a negative, critical connotation and is frequently used to describe behavior perceived as petty, overly controlling, and irritatingly active.

Variants and Related Words

• Nhắng (adj): Restless, fidgety; a shorter, less intense form.
  • Nó ngồi không yên, cứ nhắng hoài. (He can't sit still, he's so fidgety.)

Synonyms

• Meddlesome: Interfering in others' affairs.
• Bossy: Fond of giving orders in a domineering way.
• Fussy: Overly concerned with details, often irritably.
• Intrusive: Causing disruption by being unwelcome.

Related Idioms

• While "nhắng nhít" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, the behavior it describes is central to phrases like:
  • Làm ra vẻ quan trọng: To make a fuss; to act self-importantly.

    • Cô ta chỉ nhắng nhít để làm ra vẻ quan trọng thôi. (She's just being fussily domineering to act self-important.)

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