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مُحْرِج
embarrassing /ˈmuħ.rɪdʒ/
adjectiveB1#2795 most common
Also: awkward, compromising, cringeworthy
Example sentences
هذا سؤال مُحْرِج.
This is an embarrassing question.
كان الموقف مُحْرِجًا جدًا.
The situation was very embarrassing.
شعرتُ بالحرج من سؤاله المُحْرِج أمام الجميع.
I felt embarrassed by his embarrassing question in front of everyone.
طرحت الصحفية سؤالاً مُحْرِجًا على الوزير خلال المؤتمر.
The journalist put an embarrassing question to the minister during the conference.
كانت تصريحاته مُحْرِجة للحكومة، إذ كشفت عن تناقضات في سياستها.
His statements were embarrassing for the government, since they exposed contradictions in its policy.
وجد نفسه في موقف مُحْرِج حين اكتُشف أن الوثائق التي قدّمها كانت مزوّرة.
He found himself in an embarrassing position when it was discovered that the documents he had submitted were forged.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُحْرِجٌ | مُحْرِجُونَ |
| Genitive | مُحْرِجٍ | مُحْرِجِينَ |
| Accusative | مُحْرِجًا | مُحْرِجِينَ |
| Vocative | يا مُحْرِجُ | يا مُحْرِجُونَ |
Word family
أَحْرَجَto embarrass, to corner someone
إحراجembarrassment, the act of embarrassing
حَرَجdistress, scruple, tight spotمُحْرَجembarrassed (the person affected)حَرِجcritical, precarious
Etymology
مُحْرِج is the active participle of the Form IV verb أَحْرَجَ (aḥraja), "to corner someone, to put someone in a tight spot." That verb is built on the triliteral root ح ر ج (ḥ-r-j), whose base sense is narrowness, constraint, and moral or social distress. The root also gives حَرَج (ḥaraj), "scruple, distress, tightness," and إحراج (iḥrāj), "the act of embarrassing." This is a native Semitic root, not an Indo-European one.
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