Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Passionately absorbed; infatuated: Describes a state of being completely and emotionally engrossed in someone or something, often to the point of distraction or losing awareness of one's surroundings.
   • Deeply immersed; lost in: Refers to being profoundly submerged in a feeling, activity, or state, such as love or thought.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Cô ấy nhìn anh với ánh mắt đắm đuối. (She looked at him with an infatuated gaze.)
  • Họ sống trong một tình yêu đắm đuối. (They live in a passionate love.)
  • Nhà thơ đắm đuối trong thế giới sáng tạo của mình. (The poet was deeply immersed in his creative world.)

Advanced Usage

• Used to describe an intense, often romantic or artistic, fixation that consumes one's attention and emotions.

Variants and Related Words

• Đắm (verb): to sink, to be submerged, to be engrossed.
  • Đắm tàu (to be shipwrecked).
• Say đắm (adjective): enchanted, captivated.
  • Say đắm trước vẻ đẹp của thiên nhiên. (Captivated by the beauty of nature.)

Synonyms

• Infatuated: filled with foolish or unreasoning passion.
• Enamored: charmed or captivated.
• Absorbed: intensely engaged or interested.
• Engrossed: completely occupied or absorbed.

Related Idioms

• Đắm đuối trong mộng tưởng: to be lost in fantasy/daydreams.
  • Chàng trai trẻ đắm đuối trong mộng tưởng về tương lai. (The young man was lost in fantasies about the future.)

adj

1. passionately; distractedly