sồn sồn

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Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Middle-aged: Describing a person who is approximately between the ages of 40 and 60, in the middle period of life.
   • Vehement / Impetuous: Describing an action, speech, or manner that is noisy, hasty, and displays a hot-tempered or agitated attitude.

Usage Examples

• Adjective (Middle-aged):
  • Ông ấy trông còn rất sồn sồn. (He still looks very middle-aged.)
• Adjective (Vehement):
  • Anh ta cãi lại sồn sồn. (He argued back vehemently.)
  • Đừng có sồn sồn như thế! (Don't be so impetuous!)

Advanced Usage

• The word can carry a slightly informal or regional tone, particularly when describing temperament.
• It can imply a lack of composure or a rash, undignified manner in one's actions or speech.

Variants and Related Words

• Xồn xồn: A variant spelling/pronunciation with the same meanings of being vehement or impetuous.

Synonyms

• Middle-aged: of an intermediate age.
• Vehement: showing strong feeling; forceful, passionate, or intense.
• Impetuous: acting or done quickly and without thought or care.
• Hasty: done or acting with excessive speed or urgency.

Related Idioms

• Tính sồn sồn: to have an impetuous or hasty temperament.
  • Tính sồn sồn, làm gì hỏng nấy. (With that impetuous temperament, he ruins everything he does.)

Học thuật

adj

1. middle-aged