bẽ

Thân thiện

Anh ấy cảm thấy rất bẽ khi bị từ chối lời mời.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Feeling ashamed, embarrassed, or humiliated: Describes the state of feeling awkward, ashamed, or put to the blush due to a situation that causes loss of face, disappointment, or ridicule. It often arises from being rejected, failing to meet expectations, or being the subject of scorn.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Hắn bị một phen bẽ mặt. (He was incidentally put to the blush.)
  • Đi vay bị từ chối, bẽ quá. (Going to borrow money and being rejected was so embarrassing.)
  • Ông ta từ chối, mình cảm thấy bẽ quá. (He refused, I felt terribly ashamed/embarrassed.)

Advanced Usage

• "bẽ bàng": A more emphatic and literary variant expressing deep shame, humiliation, or a profound sense of being let down.

  • Sau lời từ chối công khai, cô ấy cảm thấy vô cùng bẽ bàng. (After the public rejection, she felt deeply humiliated.)

• "bẽ mặt" / "bẽ mặt bẽ mày": To be ashamed, to lose face. This idiom directly relates to the feeling of shame visible on one's face.

  • Thất bại trước đối thủ yếu hơn khiến đội bóng bẽ mặt. (Losing to a weaker opponent made the football team lose face.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bẽ bàng (adj): Deeply ashamed, humiliated, crestfallen.
• Bẽn (adj, dialectal/rural): Shy, bashful, timid. (Note: This is a distinct, though phonetically similar, word meaning shyness rather than shame from rejection).
• Hổ thẹn (adj): Ashamed (often with a stronger moral connotation).
• Ngượng (adj): Embarrassed, awkward, shy (a more general term for embarrassment).

Synonyms

• Xấu hổ: To be ashamed, embarrassed.
• Ngại ngùng: To feel awkward, hesitant, shy.
• Mất mặt: To lose face.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Bẽ mặt bẽ mày: (Idiom) To be thoroughly ashamed or humiliated.

  • Lời nói của anh ta khiến tôi bẽ mặt bẽ mày. (His words made me utterly ashamed.)

• Bẽ lẽ: To be at a loss for words due to shame or embarrassment; to be confounded.

  • Bị phát hiện nói dối, nó đứng bẽ lẽ không nói được gì. (Caught lying, he stood confounded, unable to say anything.)

Học thuật

adj

1. Feeling ashamed, put to the blush
   • hắn bị một phen bẽ mặt
     he was incidentally put to the blush