embarrassed

English

Etymology

Past participle of embarrass.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ɪmˈbæɹ.əst/
• (US, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ɪmˈbɛɹ.əst/

Adjective

embarrassed (comparative more embarrassed, superlative most embarrassed)

1. Having a feeling of shameful discomfort.

   Coordinate terms: ashamed, shy

   Antonyms: honored, proud

   After returning from the pool, Aleshia felt significantly better, though she was still slightly embarrassed.

2. (archaic) Impeded; obstructed; in an awkward situation.
   • 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:

     […] they could let their eyes hover tenderly on the far-off white cliffs that so often had signalled to the embarrassed English a promise of safety.

Derived terms

• embarrassedly
• I'm embarrassed
• temporarily embarrassed millionaire

 

Translations

Having a feeling of shameful discomfort

• Arabic: مُحْرَج (muḥraj), بِٱلْحَرَج (bi-l-ḥaraj)
• Bulgarian: смутен (bg) (smuten), объркан (bg) (obǎrkan)
• Catalan: avergonyit (ca)
• Cebuano: ulaw
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 難為情／难为情 (zh) (nánwéiqíng), 尷尬／尴尬 (zh) (gāngà)

• Dutch: in verlegenheid gebracht
• Esperanto: embarasita
• Finnish: nolo (fi), nolostunut (fi), kiusaantunut, vaivaantunut, hämillään (fi)
• French: embarrassé (fr), gêné (fr)
• German: verlegen (de)
• Hebrew: נבוך (he)
• Hungarian: zavarban van, kínosan érzi magát, szégyelli magát (hu)
• Icelandic: blygðunarfullur
• Italian: imbarazzato (it)
• Japanese: 恥ずかしい (ja) (はずかしい, hazukashii)
• Khmer: អៀនខ្លួន (iǝn kluən)
• Korean: 부끄럽다 (ko) (bukkeureopda)
• Ladino: averguensado, entravado
• Lao: ກະດາກ (lo) (ka dāk), ຄັບໃຈ (khap chai), ມືກ່າຽຫນ້າຜາກ (mư̄ kāi nā phāk), ລະອາຍ (la ʼāi), ອາຍ (ʼāi), ຂີ້ຫລຶ້ມ (khī lưm), ອາຍໃຈ (ʼāi chai), ອາຍໜຽມ (ʼāi nīam)
• Macedonian: за́срамен (zásramen), збр́кан (zbŕkan), сму́тен (smúten)
• Malay: malu
• Maori: aniu, rōrī
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norman: embarrassé
• Norwegian: flau (no)
• Ottoman Turkish: محجوب (mahcub)
• Portuguese: envergonhado (pt), embaraçado (pt)
• Russian: стыдли́вый (ru) (stydlívyj), смущённый (ru) (smuščónnyj), расте́рянный (ru) (rastérjannyj)
• Spanish: avergonzado (es)
• Swedish: generad (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Venetian: intrigà, insnapà
• Vietnamese: xấu hổ (vi), bối rối (vi)
• Winnebago: hirošik

Verb

embarrassed

1. simple past and past participle of embarrass

Anagrams

• dermabrases