đớ
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Speechless due to being unable to respond or argue effectively: Describes a state of being stunned, dumbfounded, or at a loss for words, typically because one is unable to counter or refute sharp, logical arguments presented by an opponent.
- Disconcerted; nonplussed; bewildered: Expresses a feeling of being confused, embarrassed, or thrown off balance, often in a social or confrontational situation.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Anh ấy bị chất vấn dồn dập và đớ ra, không nói được lời nào. (He was bombarded with questions and was speechless, unable to say a word.)
- Trước những lập luận sắc sảo của luật sư, bị cáo chỉ biết đớ người ra. (Faced with the lawyer's sharp arguments, the defendant could only stand there dumbfounded.)
- Cô ấy hỏi một câu hóc búa khiến tôi đớ hẳn. (She asked a tricky question that left me completely nonplussed.)
Advanced Usage
"đớ người": To be utterly stunned or dumbstruck, often with a physical component of freezing or being motionless.
- Nghe tin đó, anh ta đớ người lại mất mấy giây. (Upon hearing that news, he was stunned motionless for several seconds.)
"đớ ra": To become speechless or bewildered, emphasizing the onset of the state.
- Câu trả lời bất ngờ khiến đối thủ đớ ra. (The unexpected answer made the opponent fall speechless.)
Variants and Related Words
- Ngớ người (adj): Similar to "đớ người," meaning to be dumbfounded or stunned.
- Bối rối (adj): Flustered, confused. While "bối rối" implies general confusion, "đớ" specifically suggests being tongue-tied due to argumentative pressure.
- Lúng túng (adj): To be flustered or awkward, often in a practical situation.
Synonyms
- Câm nín: To be struck dumb, to fall silent.
- Không biết nói gì: To not know what to say.
- Bất ngờ đến mức không nói nên lời: So surprised as to be rendered speechless.
Related Idioms
Đớ họng: (Literally: speechless throat) An emphatic form meaning completely at a loss for words.
- Lý lẽ của cô ấy làm cả hội trường đớ họng. (Her reasoning left the entire hall speechless.)
Đứng hình: (Slang, literally: to freeze frame) To be so shocked or surprised that one freezes like a still image. This is a more modern, colloquial synonym for the state described by "đớ."
- Be speechless from shortage of argument
- Đớ ra vì không trả lời lại được những lý lẽ sắc bén của đối phươngTo be spechless from the failure to answer one's opponent's trenchant arguments