ủy mị
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Mawkish, maudlin: Describes an excessively sentimental, emotional, or weak-willed quality, often to the point of being cloying or lacking strength. It can refer to a state of being overly delicate, feeble, or prone to melancholy.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Tính cách của nhân vật đó quá ủy mị. (The personality of that character is too mawkish.)
- Anh ấy viết những vần thơ ủy mị về tình yêu đã mất. (He writes maudlin poetry about lost love.)
- Chúng ta cần lối sống mạnh mẽ, không nên ủy mị. (We need a strong lifestyle, not a feeble/sentimental one.)
Advanced Usage
- "vẻ ủy mị": a mawkish/maudlin appearance or demeanor.
- Cô ấy có vẻ ủy mị sau khi xem bộ phim buồn. (She had a maudlin look after watching the sad movie.)
- "tâm trạng ủy mị": a mawkish/sentimental mood.
- Đừng để mình chìm trong tâm trạng ủy mị. (Don't let yourself sink into a maudlin mood.)
Variants and Related Words
- Ủy mị is primarily used as an adjective. There are no direct noun or verb variants of this exact word.
- Related Concept: Yếu đuối (adj): weak, feeble (shares the connotation of lack of strength but without the specific sentimental overtone).
Synonyms
- Sướt mướt (adj): tearful, lachrymose (often used for being overly tearful or sentimental).
- Yếu ớt (adj): weak, feeble (focuses on physical or moral weakness).
- Sầu muộn (adj): sorrowful, melancholic (focuses on sadness rather than excessive sentimentality).
Idioms and Phrases
- While ủy mị itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it is used to describe styles or behaviors:
- văn chương ủy mị: mawkish/maudlin literature.
- lối sống ủy mị: a weak/sentimental way of life.