Definition

1. Verb:
   • To shiver with fear, to have one's flesh creep: To experience a sudden physical sensation of fear or horror, often causing goosebumps or a chilling feeling along the skin.
   • To feel a thrill of terror: To be affected by a sudden, intense feeling of dread, especially in a frightening or eerie situation.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Ban đêm qua chỗ vắng, rởn cả người. (To shiver with fear when passing by a deserted place at night.)
  • Nghe câu chuyện ma, tôi thấy rởn. (Listening to the ghost story, I felt my flesh creep.)
  • Cảnh tượng đó khiến ai cũng rởn gai ốc. (That scene gave everyone goosebumps.)

Advanced Usage

• "rởn tóc gáy": Literally "the hair on the nape stands on end"; to be terrified to the point one's hair stands up.

  • Âm thanh lạ trong đêm khiến tôi rởn tóc gáy. (The strange sound in the night made my hair stand on end.)

• "rởn gai ốc": Literally "goosebumps rise"; to have goosebumps from fear or awe.

  • Bài phát biểu đầy cảm xúc làm khán giả rởn gai ốc. (The emotional speech gave the audience goosebumps.)

Variants and Related Words

• Rợn (v): A common variant with the same meaning: to shudder, to shiver with fear.

  • Không khí trong ngôi nhà hoang làm tôi rợn. (The atmosphere in the abandoned house made me shudder.)

• Sởn (v): Another variant, often used interchangeably, meaning to feel one's hair stand on end from fear.

  • Tôi sởn da gà khi đọc tin đó. (I got goosebumps when I read that news.)

Synonyms

• Shudder: To tremble convulsively, typically as a result of fear or revulsion.
• Shiver: To shake slightly and uncontrollably as a result of being cold, frightened, or excited.
• Creep: (of a flesh) to have an uneasy sensation of fear or horror.

Related Idioms

• Rởn cả người: To shiver all over one's body (with fear).

  • Câu chuyện kể của ông ấy làm tôi rởn cả người. (His tale made me shiver all over.)

• Rởn da gà: To have goosebumps (literally "chicken skin").

  • Bài hát đó hay đến mức nghe là rởn da gà. (That song is so good it gives you goosebumps.)

1. Shiver with fear, have one's flesh creeping
   • Ban đêm qua chỗ vắng, rởn cả người
     To shiver with fear when passing by a desert place at night