sầu não
Definition
- Adjective:
- Deeply sorrowful; profoundly melancholic: Describes a state of intense, pervasive sadness that affects one's entire being or spirit.
- Desolate; grief-stricken: Conveys a feeling of deep misery and dejection, often with a sense of hopelessness.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Gương mặt anh ấy lộ vẻ sầu não. (His face showed a deeply sorrowful expression.)
- Khung cảnh hoang vắng gợi lên một nỗi buồn sầu não. (The desolate scene evoked a profound, melancholic sadness.)
- Tin tức đó khiến cả gia đình rơi vào tâm trạng sầu não. (That news plunged the whole family into a grief-stricken mood.)
Advanced Usage
- This word is primarily literary or poetic in modern usage, often found in literature, poetry, or formal descriptions of emotion to emphasize depth of feeling.
Variants and Related Words
- Sầu muộn (adj): sorrowful, melancholy (often used interchangeably, though "sầu não" implies a deeper, more acute sadness).
- Mùa thu thường mang đến cảm giác sầu muộn. (Autumn often brings a melancholy feeling.)
- Buồn bã (adj): sad, unhappy (a more common and general term for sadness).
Synonyms
- Mournful: feeling or expressing sorrow.
- Melancholic: characterized by a deep, persistent sadness.
- Despondent: in low spirits from loss of hope or courage.
- Lugubrious: looking or sounding sad and dismal.
Related Idioms
- While "sầu não" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it is the type of word used to describe the sentiment in classical phrases like "sầu dằng dặc" (endless sorrow) or "não lòng" (heart-rending).
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Deeply sad, pervasively sad
