đờ đẫn
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Stupid, dull-witted: Describes a state of appearing slow, lacking intelligence, or showing poor mental sharpness.
- Dazed, vacant, expressionless: Describes a state of being unresponsive, as if having lost the ability to react to external stimuli, often due to exhaustion, shock, or deep thought.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Sau ca làm đêm, anh ấy trông thật đờ đẫn. (After the night shift, he looked utterly dazed.)
- Đừng có đờ đẫn thế, tập trung vào! (Don't be so slow/dull, focus!)
- Cô ấy nhìn ra cửa sổ với ánh mắt đờ đẫn. (She looked out the window with a vacant expression.)
Advanced Usage
- "đờ đẫn người": to be in a daze, to be stupefied.
- Nghe tin đó, cô ấy đờ đẫn người đi mấy phút. (Upon hearing that news, she was stupefied for several minutes.)
- Used to describe facial features (eyes, gaze, face) that lack expression or vitality.
- gương mặt đờ đẫn (a vacant face), cái nhìn đờ đẫn (a blank stare)
Variants and Related Words
- Đờ (adj): A shorter, more colloquial form meaning dull, sluggish, or numb. Often used in compounds like (a sluggish person) or (limbs going numb/sluggish).
- Ngơ ngẩn (adj): Distracted, absent-minded, often due to longing or preoccupation. While similar, often implies a specific cause (like love) whereas implies a general lack of responsiveness.
- Thẫn thờ (adj): Listless, languid, often due to sadness or melancholy. Shares the aspect of reduced reactivity but with an emotional nuance.
Synonyms
- Ngốc nghếch, đần độn: Foolish, silly (emphasizes lack of intelligence).
- Vô hồn, thờ ơ: Lifeless, indifferent (emphasizes lack of emotion or reaction).
- Mụ mị: Befuddled, muddled (emphasizes mental confusion).
Notes on Meaning
- The word primarily describes a temporary state or appearance of dullness or unresponsiveness, often due to external factors like fatigue, shock, or illness, rather than a permanent intellectual trait.
- While it can translate to "stupid," the Vietnamese word often carries a stronger connotation of physical and mental sluggishness or a vacant expression, not just a lack of intelligence. The "stupid" meaning is more colloquial and derogatory.