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Definition
- Verb:
- To feel a physical chill or shiver: To experience a creeping cold sensation, often as a precursor to fever or due to fear.
- To be fed up with; to be sick of: To feel disgust, aversion, or boredom from excessive repetition or exposure to something.
- To be afraid of; to dread (colloquial): To feel fear or apprehension due to a previous negative experience.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Tôi bắt đầu thấy ớn, có lẽ sắp bị sốt. (I'm starting to feel a chill; I might be getting a fever.)
- Ăn món đó hàng tuần, tôi ớn lắm rồi. (Eating that dish for weeks, I'm completely fed up with it now.)
- Bị phạt một lần, nó đã ớn rồi. (After being punished once, he's already afraid of it.)
Advanced Usage
- "ơn ớn" (reduplicated form): To feel a slight, lingering chill or a mild sense of aversion.
- Cô ấy cảm thấy ơn ớn trong người sau khi tắm đêm. (She felt a slight chill in her body after a night shower.)
Variants and Related Words
- Ớn lạnh (v): To feel a cold shiver, often from fear or illness.
- Nghe câu chuyện ma, anh ta ớn lạnh cả sống lưng. (Hearing the ghost story, he felt a shiver down his spine.)
Synonyms
- To be disgusted with: To have a strong feeling of dislike.
- To be weary of: To be tired of something.
- To shudder: To tremble convulsively, typically from fear or revulsion.
Related Idioms
- Phát ớn: To become thoroughly disgusted or fed up.
- Nghe lời phàn nàn của anh ta mãi, tôi phát ớn. (Listening to his complaints constantly, I became thoroughly sick of it.)
verb
- to be sickening for; to be fed up
- ăn mãi thịt, ớn lắmto be fed up with meat