Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Bitterly disappointed, angered by disappointment: A state of intense frustration and anger arising from one's ambitions, aspirations, or will being thwarted or unfulfilled. It implies a deep-seated resentment due to failure or obstruction.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Sau nhiều lần bị từ chối, anh ấy trở nên phẫn chí và quyết định bỏ đi. (After being rejected many times, he became bitterly disappointed and decided to leave.)
  • Sự phản bội của đồng đội khiến cô ấy phẫn chí, mất niềm tin vào mọi người. (The betrayal by her teammates left her angered by disappointment, losing faith in everyone.)

Advanced Usage

• "Lòng phẫn chí": A heart/mind filled with bitter disappointment.

  • Lòng phẫn chí khiến anh ta đưa ra những quyết định sai lầm. (Bitter disappointment led him to make wrong decisions.)

• "Phẫn chí mà làm liều": To act recklessly out of bitter disappointment.

  • Đừng vì phẫn chí mà làm liều, hãy bình tĩnh suy nghĩ. (Don't act recklessly out of bitter disappointment; calm down and think.)

Variants and Related Words

• Uất ức (Adj/Verb): To feel resentful and indignant, often due to unfair treatment. (Less intense and more focused on injustice than on thwarted ambition compared to ).
• Thất vọng (Adj/Verb): To be disappointed. (A more general and common term for disappointment, lacking the intense anger and frustration of ).
• Bất mãn (Adj): To be discontented, dissatisfied. (Focuses on general dissatisfaction rather than the specific anger from failed ambitions).

Synonyms

• Bitterly resentful: Cảm thấy phẫn uất, oán giận sâu sắc.
• Embittered: Trở nên chua chát, cay đắng (thường do trải nghiệm).

Related Idioms

• "Chí lớn không thành": Great ambition unfulfilled. (This concept is closely related to the cause of ).
• "Tức nước vỡ bờ": Pent-up pressure eventually bursts. (Describes a breaking point due to accumulated frustration, which can be a result of ).

1. Be bitterly disappointed,be angered by disappointment