Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Feeling deeply ashamed or humiliated: Describes a state of acute embarrassment, often due to being mocked, scorned, or experiencing a public failure or disappointment.
   • Feeling awkward and crestfallen: Conveys a sense of being disconcerted, let down, or made to feel foolish in a situation, leading to a loss of face.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Cô ấy cảm thấy bẽ bàng khi bị từ chối trước mặt mọi người. (She felt deeply ashamed when she was rejected in front of everyone.)
  • Anh ta có vẻ bẽ bàng sau khi lời hứa của mình bị phát hiện là dối trá. (He looked crestfallen and humiliated after his promise was exposed as a lie.)
  • Số phận bẽ bàng khiến cô gục ngã. (A humiliating fate made her collapse.)

Advanced Usage

• "bẽ bàng lòng": A poetic or literary way to express a deeply ashamed or wounded heart/spirit.
  • Nghe tin ấy, bẽ bàng lòng cô thắt lại. (Upon hearing that news, her ashamed and wounded heart tightened.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bẽ mặt (adj/phrase): To lose face; to be embarrassed or humiliated (often in a specific situation).
  • Làm sai trước đám đông thật là bẽ mặt. (Making a mistake in front of a crowd is truly embarrassing/face-losing.)
• Hổ thẹn (adj): Ashamed, feeling shame (can be less intense and more about personal guilt than public humiliation).
• Xấu hổ (adj): Ashamed, embarrassed (a more common and general term for shame/embarrassment).

Synonyms

• Xấu hổ: ashamed, embarrassed.
• Ngượng ngùng: awkward, bashful, shy.
• Hổ thẹn: ashamed, feeling shame.
• Mất mặt: to lose face (emphasizes social standing).

Related Phrases/Idioms

• Duyên số bẽ bàng: A humiliating or disappointing romantic fate/destiny; often refers to an unfortunate, failed, or scorned love affair.
  • Câu chuyện tình của họ kết thúc bằng một duyên số bẽ bàng. (Their love story ended with a humiliating romantic fate.)
• Nỗi niềm bẽ bàng: The feeling of deep shame/humiliation (often internalized).
  • Anh ấy giấu kín nỗi niềm bẽ bàng sau nụ cười. (He hides the feeling of deep humiliation behind a smile.)

adj

1. Feeling ashamed, feeling awkward