tệ hại

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Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Bad, deplorable, terrible: Used to describe something of very poor quality, a highly negative situation, or an action with severe harmful consequences.
    • Extremely, awfully (as an intensifier): When used after an adjective, it intensifies the negative quality, meaning "extremely" or "terribly" (e.g., bad to an extreme degree).
Usage Examples
  • Adjective:

    • Tình hình giao thôngthành phố này thật tệ hại. (The traffic situation in this city is truly terrible.)
    • Thời tiết hôm nay tệ hại quá. (The weather today is awful.)
    • Hành vi của hắn thật tệ hại. (His behavior is deplorable.)
  • As an intensifier:

    • Căn phòng này bẩn tệ hại. (This room is extremely dirty.)
    • Anh ấy trở nên kiêu ngạo tệ hại. (He has become awfully arrogant.)
Advanced Usage
  • Often used in formal or news contexts to describe serious societal issues, disastrous outcomes, or grave conditions.
    • Hậu quả tệ hại của thiên tai. (The disastrous consequences of the natural disaster.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Tệ (adj): Bad, poor. A less intense synonym.
    • Dịch vụđây rất tệ. (The service here is very bad.)
Synonyms
  • Deplorable: Deserving strong condemnation.
  • Appalling: Causing shock or dismay.
  • Dreadful: Extremely bad or unpleasant.
  • Atrocious: Of a very poor quality; horrifyingly wicked.
Related Idioms
  • Tệ hại hơn nữa: What is worse; to make matters worse.
    • Trời mưa, tệ hại hơn nữatôi quên mang ô. (It rained, and what was worse, I forgot my umbrella.)
adj
  1. bad, deplorable