tối ngòm

Trời tối ngòm, không nhìn thấy gì cả.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Pitch-dark, completely dark: Describes an environment or place that is extremely dark, with little to no visible light. It emphasizes a profound and often impenetrable darkness.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Rừng cây rậm rạp khiến con đường trở nên tối ngòm. (The dense forest made the road become pitch-dark.)
  • Mất điện, cả căn phòng tối ngòm. (The power went out, and the whole room was completely dark.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used to evoke a sense of fear, disorientation, or the unknown due to the absolute lack of light. It is more vivid and intense than simply saying "tối" (dark).

Variants and Related Words

• Tối đen (adj): very dark, black-dark.

  • Bầu trời đêm tối đen. (The night sky was very dark.)

• Tối mù (adj): dark and foggy/murky; can imply both literal darkness and figurative confusion.

  • Thời tiết tối mù không thấy đường. (The weather was dark and foggy, and the road was invisible.)

Synonyms

• Pitch-black: completely without light.
• Inky dark: very dark, like the color of ink.
• Stygian: (literary) extremely and unpleasantly dark.

Related Idioms

• Tối như hũ nút: (idiom) as dark as a jar; meaning pitch-dark.
  • Trong hang động, tối như hũ nút. (Inside the cave, it was as dark as a jar.)