Was heißt »ver­schämt« auf Englisch?

Das Adjektiv »ver­schämt« lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • shy
  • bashful
  • coy

Synonyme

prü­de:
prudish
scham­haft:
bashfully
prudish
pudic
shamefaced
shamefacedly
sprö­de:
brittle
ver­le­gen:
mislay
misplace
zim­per­lich:
squeamish
squeamishly
zu­rück­hal­tend:
aloof
cautious
modest
reluctant
reserved
reticent
retiring
self-effacing

Antonyme

an­ma­ßend:
arrogant
entitled
presumptuous
pretentious
dreist:
brash
cheeky
forsch:
brisk
frech:
cheeky
impudent
insolent
sassy
saucy
prä­po­tent:
prepotent
un­ver­schämt:
blatant
impertinent
rude

Englische Beispielsätze

  • Marcus was somewhat shy, preferring to keep his views to himself.

  • Tom is shy, too.

  • You have to be brave to be an actor. It's not easy to perform on stage in front of a lot of people. I am too shy for that.

  • Tom was extremely shy when he was in kindergarten.

  • Tom was so shy that he didn't even look at Mary when he asked her in a thin, barely audible voice whether she might possibly consider going to the cinema with him.

  • Tom was extremely shy when he was a kid.

  • Tom was very shy when he was a kid.

  • Tom was very shy when he was a child.

  • Tom is bashful.

  • Mary is rather shy.

  • Tom is sort of a shy guy.

  • Tom is an extremely shy person.

  • She is an extremely shy woman.

  • I'm a shy boy.

  • Mary is shy and quiet.

  • Mary is shy and introverted.

  • He isn't shy.

  • I'm rather bashful.

  • Mary is awkward and shy.

  • Tom is awkward and shy.

Verschämt übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: verschämt. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2022, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Synonyme] OpenThesaurus-User: verschämt. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Beispielübersetzungen] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 11317260, 11013513, 10976176, 10738022, 10641781, 10155989, 10127071, 10089409, 9844732, 9732728, 9622500, 8992784, 8838590, 8809511, 8678401, 8534015, 8476253, 8431833, 8301114 & 8301113. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR