ưu phẫn

Ông ấy ưu phẫn trước cảnh bất công.

Definition

1. Adjective (Literary/Archaic):
   • Afflicted and indignant: A state of being deeply distressed, sorrowful, and simultaneously filled with anger or resentment due to injustice or unfair circumstances.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Tâm trạng ông ấy lúc nào cũng ưu phẫn trước thời cuộc. (His mood was always afflicted and indignant about the current situation.)
  • Bức thư bày tỏ nỗi lòng ưu phẫn của người dân. (The letter expressed the afflicted indignation of the people.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is primarily found in classical or literary Vietnamese contexts, often describing the complex emotional state of scholars or individuals burdened by concern for the world's state and anger at its wrongs.

Word Origin and Notes

• Origin: A Sino-Vietnamese compound word.
  • "Ưu" (憂): means worry, sorrow, melancholy.
  • "Phẫn" (憤): means indignation, anger, resentment.
• Register: This is a formal, literary, and now largely archaic term. It is rarely used in modern everyday conversation.

Synonyms

• Indignant sorrow: Righteous anger mixed with grief.
• Resentful anguish: Deep distress coupled with bitterness.