não nuột
Definition
- Adjective:
- Profoundly sad; poignantly sorrowful: Describes a deep, penetrating, and often melancholic feeling of sadness or grief that touches the heart. It conveys a sense of poignant, heartfelt sorrow.
- Heart-rending; deeply moving in a sad way: Often used to describe sounds, music, stories, or scenes that evoke a strong, visceral feeling of sadness or pity.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Tiếng đàn cò não nuột vang lên trong đêm khuya. (The profoundly sorrowful sound of the fiddle rose in the late night.)
- Câu chuyện của bà cụ nghe thật não nuột. (The old woman's story sounded truly heart-rending.)
- Không gian yên tĩnh và não nuột sau cơn bão. (The space was quiet and poignantly sad after the storm.)
Advanced Usage
- The word is often used in literary and poetic contexts to describe art, music, atmosphere, or emotion with a deep, resonant sadness.
- It can be intensified through reduplication: "não nề não nuột", meaning deeply and profoundly grievous or distressing.
Variants and Related Words
- Não nề (adj): Gloomy, dismal, dejected. Often used together with "não nuột" for emphasis.
- Bầu không khí tang lễ thật não nề. (The atmosphere of the funeral was truly gloomy.)
Synonyms
- Heartrending: Causing great sadness or distress.
- Poignant: Evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret.
- Melancholy: A feeling of pensive sadness.
- Lugubrious: Looking or sounding sad and dismal.
Related Idioms
- While "não nuột" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it is a strong descriptive term often found in expressions depicting deep sorrow, such as (a poignantly sad lament) or (a heart-rending story).