phũ
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Coarse, harsh, brutal: Describes speech, actions, or behavior that is excessively rough, unfeeling, or cruel, showing a lack of consideration or kindness.
- Violent, severe: Can describe a physical action that is delivered with excessive, brutal force.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Lời từ chối của anh ấy rất phũ. (His rejection was very harsh/brutal.)
- Cô ấy bị đối xử một cách phũ phàng. (She was treated in a brutally callous manner.)
- Tay đấm phũ. (A violent punch.)
Advanced Usage
- Often used in the reduplicated form "phũ phàng" to intensify the meaning of harshness, cruelty, or brutal disappointment.
- Sự thật phũ phàng. (A harsh/brutal truth.)
Variants and Related Words
- Phũ phàng (adj): An intensified form meaning "cruelly harsh," "brutally blunt," or "devastatingly disappointing."
Synonyms
- Harsh: Unpleasantly rough or jarring.
- Brutal: Savagely violent, punishingly direct.
- Callous: Showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others.
- Severe: Very great; intensely forceful.
Related Idioms
- Nói phũ: To speak bluntly or harshly, without sugarcoating.
- Đừng nói phũ như thế! (Don't speak so harshly!)
- Đánh phũ tay: To hit with full, brutal force.
- Nó đánh đứa bé phũ tay. (He hit the child with brutal force.)