embarrassment
A state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a…A state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation.
» Tom is an embarrassment.
Tom ist eine Peinlichkeit. — al_ex_an_der
Том обуза. — odexed
Том позорит окружающих. — odexed
Том позорит. — chintsu
Нам соромно за Тома. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
7 senses(countable, uncountable)A state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation.
Verlegenheit, Peinlichkeit, Betretenheit
смуще́ниеsmuščénije, стесне́ниеstesnénije, стыдstyd
збенте́женняzbentéžennja, со́ромsórom
(countable, uncountable)A person or thing which is the cause of humiliation to another.
Jack, you are an embarrassment to this family.
Losing this highly publicized case was an embarrassment to the firm.
позо́рpozór, позо́рищеpozórišče
(countable, uncountable)A large collection of good or valuable things, especially one that exceeds requirements or causes some sort of hindrance.
(countable, uncountable)A state of confusion; hesitation; uncertainty.
Verlegenheit
замеша́тельствоzamešátelʹstvo, затрудне́ниеzatrudnénije, смяте́ниеsmjaténije
(countable, uncountable)Impairment of function due to disease: respiratory embarrassment.
(countable, dated, uncountable)Difficulty in financial matters; poverty.
(collective, countable, uncountable)A group of pandas (ie. red panda, giant panda)
- some event that causes someone to be embarrassed
- the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public
- the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy)
- extreme excess
Examples
74 sentencesTom is an embarrassment.
Нам соромно за Тома. — deniko
ruТом обуза. — odexed
deTom ist eine Peinlichkeit. — al_ex_an_der
Tom nearly died of embarrassment.
Том ледь не вмер від збентеження. — Liliia
ruТом чуть не умер от смущения. — marafon
deTom wäre vor Scham fast gestorben. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
She wanted to spare him embarrassment.
Tom's face got red with embarrassment.
ruОт смущения Том покраснел. — sharptoothed
He noticed her embarrassment.
ruОн заметил её смущение. — marafon
Translations
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Forms
plural: embarrassments| Singular | embarrassment |
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regular
Synonyms
3 synonyms- extreme excess:overplusplethorasuperfluity
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable