EMBARRASSED   

NOT INTENSE SHAME REGARDING ONE'S SELF>OWN NOW>PRESENT SITUATION.
Modern Chinese Criteria
尷尬 狼狽 忸怩 靦腆 害羞
Hypernym
  • SHAME　SOCIAL EMOTION OF REGRET one's SELF:own FEATURES, ACTS OR ATTITUDES which one BELIEVES to have been BAD. (anc: 13/0, child: 1)
  • SOCIAL EMOTION　FEELING ENACTED IN RELATION TO OTHER HUMANS. (anc: 12/0, child: 6)
  • FEELING　NATURAL REACTION IN one's MIND. (anc: 11/0, child: 17)
  • Chinese Synonyms Usage Dictionary ( TENG SHOU-HSIN 1996) p. 133

  • Chinese Synonyms Usage Dictionary ( TENG SHOU-HSIN 1996) p. 325

  • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 360

    • Words (2 items)

    難為  nán wéi OC: mɢlaan ɢʷal MC: nɑn ɦiɛ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPt+V[0]find it embarrassing to V
    踧踖  cù jí MC: tsjuwk tsjeH OC: sklɯwɡ skaɡ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPifeel embarrassedDS