Definition

1. 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.

adj

1. stupid