nột

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Cornered, trapped, or having no way out: Describes a situation or person forced into a difficult position with no escape or good options.
   • Extremely pressed or desperate: Conveys a state of being under severe pressure, often leading to drastic action.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Nó cảm thấy nột quá, không biết làm sao. (He felt too cornered and didn't know what to do.)
  • Nột quá, anh ấy đành phải đồng ý. (Being so desperate, he had no choice but to agree.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "nột" is primarily used in specific regional dialects of Vietnamese and is considered a colloquial term. It is often used to intensify a situation of being stuck or under duress.

Variants and Related Words

• Bí (adj): stuck, at a loss, in a fix.
  • Tôi đang bí ý tưởng. (I'm stuck for ideas.)
• Đường cùng (n): dead end, last resort.
  • Họ đã đến bước đường cùng. (They have reached a dead end.)

Synonyms

• Cornered: forced into a difficult situation.
• Desperate: feeling or showing a hopeless sense that a situation is so bad as to be impossible to deal with.
• Trapped: unable to escape or get away.

Related Idioms

• Vào thế nột: to be put in a corner/desperate position.
  • Đối thủ đẩy anh ta vào thế nột. (The opponent pushed him into a corner.)
• Nột quá hóa liều: When cornered, one becomes reckless. (Similar to "Nothing ventured, nothing gained" or "Desperate times call for desperate measures.")
  • Nột quá hóa liều, cô ấy quyết định thử lần cuối. (Cornered and reckless, she decided to try one last time.)