thiểu não

Thân thiện

Một người đàn ông ngồi một mình với vẻ mặt thiểu não.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Dejected; downhearted; crestfallen: Describes a state of being deeply sad, dispirited, or in low spirits, often due to disappointment or affliction.
   • Pitiful; wretched; miserable: Describes an appearance or demeanor that looks sorrowful, afflicted, and evokes pity.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Sau thất bại, anh ấy ngồi im với vẻ mặt thiểu não. (After the failure, he sat silently with a dejected expression.)
  • Căn phòng trống trải trông thật thiểu não. (The empty room looked utterly wretched.)
  • Cô ấy cảm thấy thiểu não khi nghe tin buồn. (She felt downhearted upon hearing the sad news.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "thiểu não" is often used in literary or descriptive contexts to convey a deep, visible sadness. It is stronger than simply "buồn" (sad) and implies a state of being weighed down by sorrow.

Variants and Related Words

• U sầu (adj): melancholy, gloomy.
  • Ánh mắt u sầu. (A melancholy gaze.)
• Ảo não (adj): grievous, distressed (a more literary synonym).
  • Tâm trạng ảo não. (A distressed state of mind.)

Synonyms

• Dejected: Sad and depressed; dispirited.
• Crestfallen: Sad and disappointed.
• Wretched: In a state of deep distress or misery.
• Forlorn: Pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely.

Related Idioms

• While "thiểu não" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it is used in phrases that describe a state of being:
  • Vẻ thiểu não: a dejected/pitiful appearance.
  • Lòng thiểu não: a downhearted/afflicted heart (a literary expression for deep inner sadness).

Học thuật

adj

1. sad at heart shably