embarrassed

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ɪmˈbær.əst/

Etymology

From embarrass + -ed. The adjective is an extension of the past participle.

Adjective

embarrassed (comparative more embarrassed, superlative most embarrassed)

1. Having a feeling of shameful discomfort.

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

Derived terms

• embarrassedly

Translations

Having a feeling of shameful discomfort

• Arabic: مورط (ar) (muwárraT), مُِحرج (ar) (Muħraj)
• Bulgarian: смутен (bg) (smuten), объркан (bg) (obǎrkan)
• Catalan: avergonyit (ca) m, avergonyida (ca) f
• Chinese:

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

• Dutch: in verlegenheid (nl) f gebracht
• Finnish: nolo (fi), nolostunut (fi), kiusaantunut (fi), vaivaantunut (fi), hämillään (fi)
• French: embarrassé (fr), gêné (fr)

• German: verlegen (de)
• Hungarian: zavart (hu)
• Italian: imbarazzato (it)
• Japanese: 恥ずかしい (ja) (はずかしい, hazukashii)
• Jèrriais: embarrassé
• Khmer: អៀនខ្លួន (km) (iǝn kluən)
• Norwegian: flau (no)
• Russian: стыдливый (ru) (stydlívyj), смущённый (ru) (smuščónnyj), растерянный (ru) (rastérjannyj)
• Spanish: avergonzado (es)

Verb

embarrassed

1. simple past tense and past participle of embarrass