dằn

Etymology
Compare.

Verb

 * 1) to press; to press under
 * 2) to repress (feeling)
 * 3) to bang down (something out of anger)
 * 4) to stress (in one's voice)

Usage notes
Dằn In the compound adjective dữ dằn "fierce, ferocious" is possibly a fossil and derives from ; if so, dữ dằn would have originally meant "fierce, ferocious as a tiger".