Definition

1. Verb:
   • To shout angrily at someone; to yell at someone in a scolding manner: The primary meaning of "quát mắng" is to rebuke or scold someone loudly and harshly, often in anger or frustration.
   • To berate; to storm at: It implies a forceful, aggressive verbal attack.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Ông chủ quát mắng nhân viên vì sai sót. (The boss shouted angrily at the employee for the mistake.)
  • Bố mẹ không nên quát mắng trẻ con trước mặt đám đông. (Parents should not yell at children in front of a crowd.)
  • Anh ấy bị quát mắng vì đến muộn. (He was berated for being late.)

Advanced Usage

• "quát mắng ầm ĩ": to yell and scold noisily or violently.
  • Người hàng xóm quát mắng ầm ĩ khi xe chiếm chỗ. (The neighbor stormed noisily when a car took his parking spot.)

Variants and Related Words

• Quát tháo (v): to shout and roar angrily; often used interchangeably with "quát mắng" but can imply more general angry shouting.

  • Anh ta quát tháo trong cơn giận. (He roared in anger.)

• Mắng (v): to scold, to tell off. This is the core component of "quát mắng," but without the loud volume implied by "quát."

  • Cô giáo mắng học sinh lười biếng. (The teacher scolded the lazy student.)

Synonyms

• Berate: to scold or criticize angrily.
• Yell at: to shout at someone.
• Rebuke: to express sharp disapproval.
• Scold: to reprimand or criticize angrily.

Related Idioms

• Nổi cơn thịnh nộ quát mắng: to fly into a rage and start shouting.
  • Nghe tin đó, ông ấy nổi cơn thịnh nộ quát mắng mọi người. (Hearing that news, he flew into a rage and started yelling at everyone.)

verb

1. storm at
   • quát mắng ầm ỉ
     to storm at violently