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مُحْرَج

embarrassed /ˈmuħ.raʒ/

adjectiveB2#3454 most common

Also: awkward (of a situation), put on the spot, flustered

Example sentences

أنا مُحْرَج.

I am embarrassed.

هي مُحْرَجة من السؤال.

She is embarrassed by the question.

كان الموقف مُحْرَجاً جداً.

The situation was very awkward.

وجدتُ نفسي في موقفٍ مُحْرَجٍ أمام الجميع.

I found myself in an embarrassing situation in front of everyone.

شعرتُ بأنني مُحْرَج عندما نسيتُ اسمه أثناء التقديم.

I felt embarrassed when I forgot his name during the introduction.

لم يستطع إخفاء ابتسامته المُحْرَجة رغم محاولاته المتكررة للحفاظ على رباطة جأشه.

He could not hide his embarrassed smile, despite his repeated attempts to keep his composure.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	مُحْرَجٌ	مُحْرَجُونَ
Genitive	مُحْرَجٍ	مُحْرَجِينَ
Accusative	مُحْرَجاً	مُحْرَجِينَ
Vocative	يا مُحْرَجُ	يا مُحْرَجُونَ

Word family

أَحْرَجَto embarrass, to corner someone

إِحْرَاجembarrassment, the act of embarrassing

حَرَجdistress, difficulty, constraint

حَرِجcritical, precarious

مُحْرِجembarrassing, awkward-making

Etymology

مُحْرَج is the passive participle of the Form IV verb أَحْرَجَ, "to corner someone" or "to put someone in a tight spot." Both trace to the root ح ر ج, which carries the core sense of tightness, constriction, and difficulty. A مُحْرَج person is, literally, someone who has been squeezed into a narrow position, and so feels embarrassed.

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