đắng ngắt

Vị thuốc này đắng ngắt khiến cô bé nhăn mặt.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Extremely bitter; intensely bitter: Describes a taste that is profoundly and sharply bitter, often unpleasantly so. It emphasizes a degree of bitterness beyond simply "đắng" (bitter).

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Vị thuốc nam này đắng ngắt. (This herbal medicine tastes extremely bitter.)
  • Cà phê pha đặc quá, đắng ngắt. (The coffee is brewed too strong; it's intensely bitter.)
  • Nỗi thất vọng của anh ấy đắng ngắt. (His disappointment was profoundly bitter.)

Advanced Usage

• Used figuratively to describe emotions, experiences, or memories that are intensely painful, harsh, or difficult to accept.
  • Kỷ niệm đắng ngắt đó vẫn còn nguyên trong tâm trí cô. (That intensely bitter memory remains vivid in her mind.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đắng (adj): bitter.
  • Mướp đắng có vị đắng. (Bitter melon has a bitter taste.)

Synonyms

• Acrid: sharp and bitter in taste or smell.
• Bitter as gall: idiom for extreme bitterness.

Related Idioms

• Đắng lòng: to feel bitter at heart; to be deeply saddened or resentful.
  • Nghe tin ấy, bà đắng lòng. (Hearing that news, she felt bitter at heart.)