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embarrassed
English
Etymology
From embarrass + -ed. The adjective is an extension of the past participle.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?m?bæ?.?st/
Adjective
embarrassed (comparative more embarrassed, superlative most embarrassed)
- Having a feeling of shameful discomfort.
- After returning from the pool, Aleshia felt significantly better, though she was still slightly embarrassed.
- (archaic) Impeded; obstructed.
Synonyms
- ashamed
Antonyms
- honored, proud
Derived terms
- embarrassedly
Translations
Verb
embarrassed
- simple past tense and past participle of embarrass
Anagrams
- dermabrases
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nonplussed
English
Etymology
From an earlier verb form of nonplus, from Latin n?n pl?s (“no more, no further”), early 1600s. The etymological sense is similar to being left speechless as a result of confusion: the person can say or do "no more".
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /n?n?pl?st/
- (General American) IPA(key): /n?n?pl?st/
- Rhymes: -?st
Adjective
nonplussed (comparative more nonplussed, superlative most nonplussed)
- Bewildered; unsure how to respond or act. [from 17th c.]
- 1724, Daniel Defoe, Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress:
- Note, the honest Quaker was nonplussed, and greatly surprised at that question.
- 2000, Marcia Miller & Martin Lee, Vocabulary, Word of the Day
- "Dad was so nonplussed by the new VCR that he gave up and asked Mom to set it for him".
- 1724, Daniel Defoe, Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress:
- (proscribed, US, informal) Unfazed, unaffected, or unimpressed. [from 20th c.]
Usage notes
In recent North American English nonplussed has acquired the alternative meaning of "unimpressed". In 1999, this was considered a neologism, ostensibly from "not plussed", although "plussed" is itself a nonstandard word, seemingly a back-formation from nonplussed. The "unimpressed" meaning is proscribed as nonstandard by Ask Oxford.
Synonyms
- (bewildered): perplexed, vexed, thwarted, frustrated, foiled, confounded
Translations
Verb
nonplussed
- simple past tense and past participle of nonplus
See also
- plussed (“not nonplussed”)
References
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