Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Threatening, piercing, or intensely focused (of a look or eyes): Describes a gaze that is sharp, unwavering, and often menacing or hostile in appearance.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Anh ta nhìn tôi với ánh mắt quăm quắm. (He looked at me with a threatening/piercing stare.)
  • Cái nhìn quăm quắm của cô ấy khiến mọi người im lặng. (Her piercing look made everyone fall silent.)

Advanced Usage

• Used almost exclusively to describe the manner or intensity of a visual gaze. It implies a sustained, hard, and often unsettling focus.

Variants and Related Words

• Quắc mắt (v): to glare, to look fiercely.
  • Ông ấy quắc mắt nhìn đứa trẻ nghịch ngợm. (He glared at the mischievous child.)

Synonyms

• Piercing (of a look)
• Glaring
• Menacing
• Intense (of a stare)

Related Idioms

• Mắt nhìn quăm quắm: a set phrase describing a fixed, sharp, and threatening gaze.
  • Kẻ lạ mặt đứng đó với đôi mắt nhìn quăm quắm. (The stranger stood there with a fixed, piercing gaze.)

1. Threatening (of look, eyes ...)
   • Cái nhìn quăm quắm
     A threatening look