ỏm

Thân thiện

Mấy đứa trẻ chơi đùa kêu ỏm cả khu phố.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Noisy, clamorous, uproarious: Describes a loud, chaotic, and often unpleasant sound, typically from voices in argument, children playing, or a crowd.
   • Making a din: Characterized by creating a continuous, loud, and disturbing noise.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Mấy đứa trẻ chơi đùa ỏm cả nhà. (The children are playing so noisily/making such a din that the whole house hears it.)
  • Hai bên cãi nhau ỏm cả góc phố. (The two sides are quarreling uproariously/making a racket on the street corner.)
  • Đừng có nói chuyện ỏm thế! (Don't talk so loudly and chaotically!)

Advanced Usage

• "Ỏm tỏi": This is a common reduplicative form that intensifies the meaning, emphasizing extreme noisiness, often in the context of shouting or arguing loudly.
  • Họ tranh cãi ỏm tỏi cả buổi sáng. (They argued at the top of their voices all morning.)

Variants and Related Words

• Ồn ào (adj): Noisy, bustling. This is a more general and common synonym for noisy, often without the negative connotation of chaos that "ỏm" can imply.
  • Khu chợ rất ồn ào. (The market is very noisy/bustling.)
• Ầm ĩ (adj): Boisterous, rowdy, clamorous. Very close in meaning to "ỏm," emphasizing loud and disruptive noise.
  • Bữa tiệc trở nên ầm ĩ. (The party became rowdy.)

Synonyms

• Noisy: Making a lot of noise.
• Clamorous: Expressing or characterized by vehement protests or demands; loud and confused.
• Uproarious: Characterized by or provoking loud noise or uproar.
• Raucous: Making or constituting a disturbingly harsh and loud noise.

Related Phrases

• Làm ỏm: To make a noise/din.
  • Bọn trẻ làm ỏm cả lên. (The kids are making a terrible din.)
• Cãi nhau ỏm lên: To quarrel noisily/uproariously.
  • Hàng xóm cãi nhau ỏm lên mỗi tối. (The neighbors quarrel uproariously every night.)

Related Idioms

• Ỏm như chợ vỡ: As noisy as a collapsed market (i.e., extremely chaotic and loud). This idiom vividly compares the noise level to the imagined chaos of a market falling apart.
  • Lớp học ỏm như chợ vỡ khi cô giáo vắng mặt. (The classroom was as noisy as a collapsed market when the teacher was absent.)

Học thuật

1. Make a noise, raise a din. +Cãi nhau ỏm lên To quarrel uproariously