uất

Trước thái độ lăng nhục của tên chủ, anh ta uất lên.

Definition

1. Verb:

   • To be choked with anger or indignation: To feel a strong, suffocating sense of resentment, fury, or bitterness, often due to perceived injustice or humiliation.
   • To be pent-up or suppressed: To have emotions, especially anger or frustration, held back and not expressed, causing internal distress.

2. Adjective:

   • Resentful; bitter: Describing a state of harboring deep, smoldering anger or grievance.
   • Stifling; suffocating (figurative): Describing an atmosphere or feeling that is oppressive and hard to bear.

Usage Examples

• Verb:

  • Anh ta uất lên vì bị đối xử bất công. (He choked with indignation because he was treated unfairly.)
  • Cô ấy uất ức trong lòng đã lâu. (She has been harboring pent-up resentment for a long time.)

• Adjective:

  • Anh ấy có cái nhìn rất uất. (He has a very resentful look.)
  • Bầu không khí trong phòng thật uất. (The atmosphere in the room is truly stifling.)

Advanced Usage

• "uất ức": A common compound meaning to feel deeply wronged, aggrieved, and resentful. This emphasizes the emotional burden.

  • Cậu bé uất ức vì bị mắng oan. (The boy felt deeply aggrieved because he was wrongly scolded.)

• "uất hận": A compound meaning to harbor a bitter hatred or deep-seated rancor.

  • Uất hận ngàn năm khó mà tan. (A millennial bitterness is hard to dissolve.)

Variants and Related Words

• Uất nghẹn (v/adj): To be choked up with emotion; to feel so upset that one feels a physical constriction.

  • Nghe tin ấy, bà cụ uất nghẹn không nói nên lời. (Hearing that news, the old lady was choked up and speechless.)

• Ức uất (adj): Synonymous with "uất ức," describing a state of feeling oppressed by resentment.

  • Lòng đầy ức uất. (Her heart was full of smoldering resentment.)

Synonyms

• Resent: To feel bitterness or indignation at a circumstance, action, or person.
• Choke (with emotion): To have a feeling so strong it seems to constrict the throat.
• Suffocate (figurative): To feel overwhelmed and oppressed by an emotion.

Related Idioms

• Uất như bị đổ thêm dầu vào lửa: To be so angry it feels like having oil poured on a fire; to have one's fury intensified.

  • Lời nói của hắn khiến tôi uất như bị đổ thêm dầu vào lửa. (His words made me furious, like adding oil to fire.)

• Chết uất: To die from pent-up anger or frustration (often hyperbolic).

  • Nghe xong câu chuyện, tức muốn chết uất. (After hearing the story, I was so angry I could have died from it.)