u uất
Definition
- Adjective:
- Spleenful / Melancholic and Resentful: Describes a state of being deeply sad, sorrowful, and filled with a brooding, pent-up resentment or grievance. It implies a heavy, lingering emotional burden.
- Gloomy and Oppressed: Refers to a profound, internalized gloominess where sadness is suppressed and accumulates within, often due to prolonged misfortune or injustice.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Sau biến cố đó, tinh thần cô ấy trở nên u uất. (After that event, her spirit became deeply melancholic and resentful.)
- Anh ấy sống trong một nỗi buồn u uất suốt nhiều năm. (He lived in a gloomy and oppressed sorrow for many years.)
- Bộ phim thể hiện tâm trạng u uất của một thế hệ. (The film portrays the spleenful mood of a generation.)
Advanced Usage
- This word is primarily literary and poetic, used to describe complex, profound emotional states rather than temporary sadness. It often carries a nuance of bitterness or indignation mixed with sorrow.
Variants and Related Words
- Uất (v/adj): To be indignant, to feel stifled or oppressed. This is the root component implying pent-up emotion.
- Uất hận (v/n): To harbor bitter resentment; bitter grievance.
- U sầu (adj): Sad, sorrowful (generally less intense and without the strong connotation of pent-up bitterness found in "u uất").
Synonyms
- Melancholic: Characterized by deep, pensive sadness.
- Morose: Sullenly ill-tempered and gloomy.
- Brooding: Showing deep, serious, and often dark thought.
- Spleenful: Full of or marked by melancholy and irritability (a close, though less common, English equivalent).
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Lòng dạ u uất: A u uất heart/mind; describing a state of inner turmoil and pent-up sorrow.
- Mang theo lòng dạ u uất, ông rời bỏ quê hương. (Carrying a spleenful heart, he left his homeland.)
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