verlegen

Sentences
An user
Het   kleine   kindje   was
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  verlegen   en   kroop   weg   achter   de   benen   van   haar   moeder
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The little child was shy and crawled away behind her mother's legs.

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Meaning

  1. shy, bashful, timid
  2. embarrassed
  3. lacking, having a shortage
  4. (obsolete) spoiled, rotten

Concepts

shy
bashful
abashed
self-conscious
timid
coy
timorous
discombobulated
disconcerted
embarrassed
faint-hearted
perplexed
pusillanimous
shamefaced
streaked
blushful
afraid
anxious
ashamed
ashamedly
at a loss
confused
😕
Synonyms

timide
35k
bedeesd
schuchter
48k
bevangen
39k
schroomvallig
beschroomd
blo
schuw
36k
beschaamd
C1
beteuterd

gegeneerd

gegeneerde

klein
A1
kleingeestig
42k
krap
C1
nauw
C1
schuchtere
verward
B2
😕
vreesachtig

in verlegenheid

op zijn neus kijkend

angstig
C1
😨

confuus

armoedig
32k
armzalig
25k
bang
A1

bedremmeld

bekrompen
C2
benauwd
C2
benepen
😨
bescheiden
C1
eng
B1
Translations

timide
schüchtern
tímido
timido
verlegen
tímido
avergonzado
acanhado
vergonhoso
verschämt
envergonhado
beschämt
confus
😕
scheu
mahcup
Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/vərˈleːɣə(n)/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch
verleghen
In summary

From Middle Dutch verleghen (“weakened, spoilt”), past participle of Middle Dutch verliggen (“to lie wrong, be stuck, whither away”). By surface analysis, ver- + liggen.

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