vô sỉ

Kẻ cắp vô sỉ lấy đồ ngay trước mặt chủ nhà.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Shameless; without shame: Describes a person or behavior that completely lacks a sense of shame, modesty, or decency, often in a brazen or defiant manner.
   • Impudent; brazen: Refers to someone who is offensively bold or disrespectful, showing no regard for social norms or the feelings of others.
   • Cynical: In some contexts, describes an attitude or action that is contemptuously distrustful of human nature and motives, often manifested in a shameless disregard for ethical principles.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Hắn là một kẻ vô sỉ, không biết xấu hổ là gì. (He is a shameless person, who does not know what shame is.)
  • Lời nịnh nọt vô sỉ của anh ta khiến mọi người khó chịu. (His shameless flattery made everyone uncomfortable.)
  • Thái độ vô sỉ của tên trộm thật đáng kinh ngạc. (The thief's brazen attitude was truly astonishing.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "vô sỉ" is strong and condemnatory. It is used to express severe moral criticism and contempt, often in formal accusations or heated discourse.
• It can modify nouns directly (e.g., - a shameless person, - a shameless action) or describe a state or attitude.

Variants and Related Words

• Trơ trẽn (adj): brazen-faced, impudent. Often used similarly to "vô sỉ" but can sometimes imply a more overt, unblushing audacity.
  • Nó trả lời một cách trơ trẽn. (He answered in a brazen manner.)
• Vô liêm sỉ (adj): synonymous with "vô sỉ", literally "without integrity and shame," emphasizing a lack of moral principles.
  • Hành vi vô liêm sỉ đó bị lên án. (That unscrupulous behavior was condemned.)

Synonyms

• Shameless: lacking any sense of shame.
• Brazen: bold and without shame.
• Impudent: not showing due respect for another person; impertinent.
• Unscrupulous: having or showing no moral principles; not honest or fair.

Related Idioms

• Mặt dày mày dạn: (literally "thick-faced, bold-browed") means thick-skinned or brazen. It is a colloquial idiom describing shamelessness.
  • Hắn ta mặt dày mày dạn, chẳng sợ ai chê cười. (He is thick-skinned and not afraid of anyone's ridicule.)
• Vô sỉ vô sỉ: A reduplicated form for emphasis, intensifying the degree of shamelessness.
  • Lắm lời vô sỉ vô sỉ! (Such shameless, endless talk!)