nóng ngốt

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Sweltering, stiflingly hot: Describes an intense, oppressive, and uncomfortable heat, often with a sense of airlessness or suffocating humidity. It implies a heat that is difficult to bear.
Usage Examples
  • Adjective:
    • Thời tiết hôm nay thật nóng ngột. (The weather today is truly sweltering.)
    • Căn phòng nhỏ trở nên nóng ngột khi đông người. (The small room became stiflingly hot when it was crowded.)
    • Cơn gió nóng ngột thổi từ sa mạc vào. (A sweltering wind blew in from the desert.)
Advanced Usage
  • The term is often used to describe not just weather but also enclosed spaces, atmospheres, or even metaphorical situations that feel oppressive and overheated.
Variants and Related Words

  • Nóng bức (adj): hot and uncomfortable, sultry. (Slightly less intense than "nóng ngột").

    • Mùa hè ở đây rất nóng bức. (Summers here are very hot and sultry.)

  • Oi bức (adj): muggy, close, stifling (often emphasizes humidity).

    • Trời oi bức, sắp có mưa. (It's muggy; it's about to rain.)
Synonyms
  • Sweltering: Uncomfortably hot.
  • Stifling: So hot as to make breathing difficult.
  • Oppressive: Unpleasantly overwhelming heat.
  • Suffocating: Causing a feeling of being unable to breathe due to heat.
Related Idioms
  • While "nóng ngột" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it is used in descriptive phrases to emphasize extreme discomfort from heat.
    • Nóng ngột như lửa đốt: As sweltering as being burned by fire (a simile emphasizing extreme heat).