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1 fausse honte
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2 timidité
bashfulness, coyness, shyness, timidity, timidness -
3 honte
honte [ˈɔ̃t]feminine noun• c'est une honte ! it's disgraceful!• tu devrais avoir honte ! you should be ashamed of yourself!• tu me fais honte ! you make me feel so ashamed!* * *’ɔ̃t1) ( gêne) shamesans honte — fml shamelessly
2) ( discrédit) disgrace* * *'ɔ̃t nf* * *honte nf1 ( gêne) shame; rougir de honte to blush with shame; couvrir qn de honte to cover sb with shame; se couvrir de honte to be mortified; éprouver de la honte to feel ashamed; avoir honte de ce qu'on a fait/d'avoir mal agi to be ashamed of what one has done/of having acted badly; avoir honte de qn/qch to be ashamed of sb/sth; il n'y a pas de honte à faire there's nothing to be ashamed of in doing; il devrait avoir honte de son incompétence/d'exploiter les touristes he ought to be ashamed of his incompetence/of exploiting tourists; faire honte à qn to make sb ashamed; tu me fais honte avec ton chapeau I'm ashamed to be seen with you wearing that hat; sans honte, toute honte bue fml shamelessly; à ma (grande) honte to my (great) embarrassment; j'ai cru mourir de honte! I could have died of embarrassment!; n'ayez pas honte de poser des questions don't be embarrassed about asking questions; avouer qch sans honte to acknowledge sth openly; sans fausse honte quite openly;2 ( discrédit) disgrace; être or faire la honte de qn/d'un métier to be a disgrace to sb/to a profession; jeter la honte sur qn/qch to bring disgrace upon sb/sth; quelle honte! what a disgrace!; c'est une honte de voir ça it's disgraceful to see things like that; honte à celui/ceux qui… shame on him/those who…;3 ( scandale) disgrace.[ʼɔ̃t] nom féminin1. [sentiment d'humiliation] shameavoir honte (de quelqu'un/quelque chose) to be ou to feel ashamed (of somebody/something)j'ai honte d'arriver les mains vides I feel ou I'm ashamed at arriving empty-handeda. [il lui est un sujet de mécontentement] his father is ashamed of himb. [il lui donne un sentiment d'infériorité] he puts his father to shametoute honte bue: trois ans plus tard, toute honte bue, il recommençait son trafic three years later, totally lacking in any sense of shame, he started up his little racket againla société laisse faire, c'est une honte! it's outrageous ou it's a crying shame that society just lets it happen!essuyer ou subir la honte d'un refus to suffer the shame of a rebuffhonte à celui/celle qui... shame on him/her who...4. [dialecte: peur] fear5. [pudeur]sans honte locution adverbiale -
4 timidité
timidité [timidite]feminine nouna. ( = embarras) [de personne, air, sourire, voix, amoureux] shyness, timidity• il n'a pas osé, par timidité he didn't dare, he was too shyb. ( = pusillanimité) [de personne, critique, réponse, tentative] timidity* * *timiditenom féminin shyness* * *timidite nf(= manque de confiance) shyness, timidity* * *[timidite] nom féminin
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