tối om
Definition
- Adjective:
- Pitch-dark / very dark: Describes an extreme, profound, or complete absence of light, often to the point where one cannot see anything. It emphasizes a greater degree of darkness than just "tối" (dark).
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Trời không trăng, ngoài đường tối om. (There is no moon, the street outside is pitch-dark.)
- Căn phòng không có cửa sổ nên tối om. (The room has no windows, so it is very dark.)
- Mất điện, cả thành phố chìm trong bóng tối om. (The power went out, the whole city was plunged into utter darkness.)
Advanced Usage
- The word "om" is an intensifier that adds emphasis to the adjective "tối" (dark). It is often used in descriptive, literary, or colloquial contexts to vividly convey the quality of darkness.
Variants and Related Words
Tối (adj): dark.
- Trời tối rồi. (It's dark already.)
Tối thui (adj): pitch-black (another emphatic form similar to "tối om").
- Hầm để xe tối thui. (The parking garage is pitch-black.)
Tối mò (adj): another variant meaning completely dark, unable to see.
- Rừng cây rậm rạp, bên trong tối mò. (The forest is dense, inside it is completely dark.)
Synonyms
- Pitch-dark: completely without light.
- Inky black: very dark, like the color of ink.
- Stygian: (literary) extremely dark.
Related Idioms
- Tối như hũ nút: (idiom) as dark as a jar of stoppers; meaning pitch-dark, impossible to see.
- Đường hầm tối như hũ nút. (The tunnel is as dark as a jar of stoppers.)