maluBahasa Indonesia

blush, shame, disgrace, flush, timid

Common #1,829 of the corpus · 65.1 per million words · 278,109 occurrences

Noun

A painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt

English: shame

Bahasa: memalukan, aib

2 more noun senses

Sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)

English: blush, flush

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The state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy)

English: embarrassment

Bahasa: keaiban

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Adjective

Feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse

English: ashamed(p)

Inclined to timidity or lack of self-confidence

English: unassertive

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3 more adjective senses

Disposed to avoid notice, (`blate' is a Scottish term for bashful)

English: bashful, blate

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Timid by nature or revealing timidity

English: fearful, timorous, trepid

Bahasa: segan, takut-takut

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Lacking conviction or boldness or courage

English: faint, fainthearted, timid, faint-hearted

Bahasa: segan

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Verb

Bring shame or dishonor upon

English: dishonor, disgrace, dishonour, attaint, shame

Bahasa: memalukan, mengaibkan, membusukkan

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1 more verb senses

Become rosy or reddish

English: blush

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