Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Extremely dark, pitch-black: Describes a color or state of being so intensely black that it appears dense, thick, or impenetrable, often with a connotation of being gloomy or ominous.
   • Very crowded, packed tightly: Describes a place or scene filled with a dense mass of people or things, creating a dark, crowded appearance.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Bầu trời đêm đen nghịt, không một vì sao. (The night sky was pitch-black, without a single star.)
  • Con đường dẫn vào khu chợ đen nghịt người. (The road leading into the market was packed solid with people.)
  • Mái tóc cô ấy đen nghịt và dày. (Her hair was jet-black and thick.)

Advanced Usage

• "đen nghịt như mực": as black as ink.
  • Vết dầu loang trên biển đen nghịt như mực. (The oil spill on the sea was as black as ink.)
• "đen nghịt một màu": uniformly and intensely black.
  • Căn phòng không đèn, đen nghịt một màu. (The room was unlit, a uniform pitch black.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đen (adj): black. The root word.
• Đen kịt (adj): A near-synonym meaning very dark or blackened, often by soot or dirt.
  • Nồi bị cháy đen kịt. (The pot was blackened from burning.)
• Nghịt (adj, less common alone): dense, thick, packed. Often used in compounds to intensify the root adjective.

Synonyms

• Tối om (adj): very dark, pitch-dark (focuses on lack of light).
• Chật ních (adj): crammed full, jam-packed (focuses on crowdedness).
• Dày đặc (adj): dense, thick (can refer to fog, crowds, or objects).

Related Phrases

• Nghẹt thở (adj): suffocating; can describe both a literal lack of air and a figuratively tense or overcrowded atmosphere.
  • Không khí trong phòng nghẹt thở. (The air in the room was suffocating.)
• Đông nghịt (adj): extremely crowded, packed with people. A direct compound focusing on crowdedness.
  • Sân vận động đông nghịt khán giả. (The stadium was packed with spectators.)

1. Very crowed, overcrowed