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envergonhar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abash verb To make ashamed; to embarrass; to destroy the self-possession of, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to disconcert; to discomfit.
  • confuse verb To make someone unable to understand or think clearly.
  • shame noun A painful feeling of embarrassment or guilt caused by awareness of having done something wrong or improper.
  • shaming noun The act of publicly criticising or humiliating someone to make them feel ashamed.

Senses

envergonhar is used for these senses in English:

  • abash (transitive) To make ashamed; to embarrass; to destroy the self-possession of, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to disconcert; to discomfit. [First attested from around (1150 to 1350).]
  • confuse (transitive) To mix thoroughly; to confound; to disorder.
  • shame (transitive) To cause to feel shame.
  • shaming The activity by which somebody is shamed.

abash — full definition

  1. verb To make ashamed; to embarrass; to destroy the self-possession of, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to disconcert; to discomfit.
  2. verb To lose self-possession; to become ashamed.

confuse — full definition

  1. verb To make someone unable to understand or think clearly.
  2. verb To mistake one thing for another.
  3. verb To make someone feel embarrassed or flustered.

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