Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Depraved; vile; wicked: Describes a person whose behavior is morally corrupt, base, or contemptible.
   • Wretched; miserable; ignoble: Can describe a person or situation that is pitifully unfortunate, degraded, or of low character.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Hắn ta là một kẻ đốn đời, chuyên đi lừa gạt người già. (He is a depraved person, specializing in deceiving the elderly.)
  • Cái kiếp đốn đời ấy khiến nó chán ghét tất cả. (That wretched life made him despise everything.)
  • Đừng có làm những trò đốn đời như vậy nữa. (Don't play such vile tricks anymore.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "đốn đời" is considered strong, derogatory, and somewhat archaic or literary in modern usage. It conveys deep moral condemnation.
• It can function as an exclamation to express strong disgust or condemnation towards an action or situation.
  • Đốn đời! Lại gian lận nữa rồi. (How vile! Cheating again.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đốn kiếp (adj): A direct synonym, also meaning depraved or wretched.
  • Cảnh ngộ đốn kiếp. (A wretched circumstance.)

Synonyms

• Depraved: Morally corrupt.
• Vile: Morally despicable or abhorrent.
• Wretched: In a state of deep misery or degradation.
• Ignoble: Not honorable in character or purpose.

Related Idioms

• While "đốn đời" itself is often used as a standalone term of condemnation, it can be part of descriptive phrases.
  • Thân phận đốn đời: A wretched fate or status.
  • Đồ đốn đời!: A common insult meaning "You vile person!"

1. cũng như đốn kiếp
2. Badly-behaved, depraved