bẽ bàng
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Definition
- 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
- Feeling ashamed, feeling awkward