ê chề

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Definition

Adjective: 1. Deeply ashamed, humiliated, or mortified: Describes a state of intense mental anguish, disgrace, or shame, often resulting from a personal failure, mistake, or dishonorable situation. It conveys a profound sense of being degraded or brought low in one's own eyes or in the estimation of others. 2. Wretched, pitiful: Can describe a state of being so defeated or disgraced that one appears pitiable or miserable.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Sau khi bị phát hiện nói dối, anh ta cảm thấy vô cùng ê chề. (After being caught lying, he felt deeply ashamed.)
  • Thất bại ê chề trong trận chung kết khiến cả đội buồn bã. (The humiliating defeat in the final match made the whole team sad.)
  • Cô ấy rời đi với vẻ mặt ê chề. (She left with a wretched/pitiful expression.)

Advanced Usage

• "Cảm giác ê chề": A feeling of deep shame or humiliation.
  • Cảm giác ê chề bao trùm lấy anh sau sự cố đó. (A feeling of deep shame enveloped him after that incident.)
• "Thất bại ê chề": A crushing, humiliating, or disgraceful defeat.
  • Đội bóng phải chấp nhận thất bại ê chề. (The football team had to accept a humiliating defeat.)
• "Nhục nhã ê chề": Intense and utter disgrace/dishonor (often used for emphasis).
  • Hành động phản bội khiến hắn trở nên nhục nhã ê chề. (The act of betrayal brought him utter disgrace.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nhục nhã (adj): Disgraceful, dishonorable. Often stronger and more focused on public dishonor than internal shame.
  • Đó là một hành động nhục nhã. (That was a disgraceful act.)
• Xấu hổ (adj): Ashamed, embarrassed. A more general and common term for shame.
  • Tôi cảm thấy rất xấu hổ. (I feel very ashamed.)
• Tủi nhục (adj): Feeling humiliated and resentful due to unfair treatment or insult.
  • Anh ta cam chịu số phận tủi nhục. (He resigned himself to a humiliating fate.)

Synonyms

• Humiliated: Made to feel ashamed and foolish by injury to one's pride and self-respect.
• Mortified: Extremely embarrassed, ashamed, or humiliated.
• Disgraced: Having lost respect or honor.
• Wretched: In a state of misery or distress, often inspiring pity.

Related Idioms/Phrases

• "Ê chề như con giun dưới đất" (As wretched/shameful as a worm in the ground): An idiom emphasizing a state of being utterly degraded, lowly, and without dignity.
  • Sau vụ scandal, ông ta cảm thấy ê chề như con giun dưới đất. (After the scandal, he felt as wretched as a worm in the ground.)

Học thuật

adj

1. shameful