đằng đằng

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Ngọn lửa đằng đằng bốc lên từ đống củi.

Definition

1. Adjective (literary, rare):
   • Burning with; inflamed with; seething with: Describes an intense, visible, and often aggressive emotional state, such as anger or murderous intent, as if emitting heat or flames.
   • (Medical - archaic): Inflamed, as in a state of acute infection or irritation (e.g., acute otitis).

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Sát khí đằng đằng. (Seething with murderous aura.)
  • Gương mặt hắn đằng đằng sát khí. (His face was burning with murderous intent.)
  • Cơn giận đằng đằng. (A seething rage.)

Advanced Usage

• This word is primarily used in literary, dramatic, or historical contexts to intensify the description of a volatile emotion. It is not common in everyday modern speech.

Variants and Related Words

• Đằng (as a root): Can imply rising, ascending, or a linear stretch (e.g., - over there), but đằng đằng is a fixed, reduplicative form emphasizing intensity.

Synonyms

• Seething: To be filled with intense but unexpressed anger.
• Fuming: Showing great anger or irritation.
• Incensed: Very angry; enraged.
• Aflame: Filled with strong emotion, especially anger.

Related Idioms

• Sát khí đằng đằng: A set phrase meaning "seething with killing intent" or "radiating murderous aura," often used in martial arts or historical narratives.

Học thuật

1. (y học) Acute otitis
2. Inflamed with (anger...)
   • Sát khí đằng đằng
     Inflamed with murderous anger