Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Describing a strong, pervasive, and pleasantly overwhelming fragrance that suddenly fills the air and spreads throughout a space.
   • Characterizing a smell, typically pleasant (like perfume, food, or flowers), that is powerfully and noticeably diffused.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Mùi bánh mì mới ra lò sực nức cả căn bếp. (The smell of freshly baked bread filled the entire kitchen.)
  • Cô ấy bước vào, hương nước hoa sực nức. (She walked in, her perfume scent was overwhelmingly fragrant.)
  • Không khí mùa xuân sực nức mùi hoa. (The spring air was redolent with the scent of flowers.)

Advanced Usage

• While primarily an adjective, "sực nức" can function descriptively within a verb phrase to indicate the action of a smell spreading.
  • Mùi thơm từ nồi phở sực nức lan tỏa. (The aroma from the pho pot wafted and spread pervasively.)

Variants and Related Words

• Sực: (adverb/verb) Often used as a prefix to indicate a sudden, sharp action or sensation, e.g., (to suddenly remember), (to jolt awake). In "sực nức," it contributes the sense of a sudden onset.
• Nức: (adjective) Can mean fragrant or savory, e.g., (deliciously fragrant). In combination, it intensifies the quality of the fragrance.

Synonyms

• Fragrant: Having a pleasant smell.
• Redolent: Strongly smelling of something; fragrant.
• Aromatic: Having a strong, pleasant smell.
• Pervasive: Spreading widely throughout an area (often used with "scent" or "smell").

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Sực nức mùi thơm: An intensified phrase meaning "overflowing with fragrance."
  • Căn phòng sực nức mùi thơm của hoa hồng. (The room was overflowing with the fragrance of roses.)

verb

1. to give forth, to spread wide