English
Etymology
From embarrass + -ed . The adjective is an extension of the past participle.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
embarrassed (comparative more embarrassed , superlative most embarrassed )
Having a feeling of shameful discomfort.
After returning from the pool, Aleshia felt significantly better, though she was still slightly embarrassed .
( archaic ) Impeded; obstructed.
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.
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Translations
Having a feeling of shameful discomfort
Arabic: مُحْرَج ( muḥraj )
Bulgarian: смутен (bg) ( smuten ) , объркан (bg) ( obǎrkan )
Catalan: avergonyit (ca) m , avergonyida (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 難為情 / 难为情 (zh) ( nánwéiqíng ) , 难为情 (zh) ( nánwéiqíng ) , 尷尬 / 尴尬 (zh) , 尴尬 (zh) ( gāngà )
Dutch: in verlegenheid (nl) f gebracht
Esperanto: embarasita
Finnish: nolo (fi) , nolostunut (fi) , kiusaantunut , vaivaantunut , hämillään (fi)
French: embarrassé (fr) , gêné (fr)
German: verlegen (de)
Hungarian: zavarban van , kínosan érzi magát , szégyelli magát (hu)
Italian: imbarazzato (it)
Japanese: 恥ずかしい (ja) ( はずかしい, hazukashii )
Khmer: អៀនខ្លួន ( iǝn kluən )
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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 )
Malay: malu
Maori: aniu , rōrī
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norman: embarrassé
Norwegian: flau (no)
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
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
Winnebago: hirošik
Verb
embarrassed
simple past and past participle of embarrass
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