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verlegen.

shy, bashful, timid

8 characters3 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

adj/vərˈleːɣə(n)/

  1. shy, bashful, timid

    De peuter was verlegen en verborg zich achter zijn ouders.

  2. embarrassed

  3. lacking, having a shortage

    Ons team zit nog om een bioloog verlegen.

  4. spoiled, rotten

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch verleghen (“weakened, spoilt”), past participle of Middle Dutch verliggen (“to lie wrong, be stuck, whither away”). By surface analysis, ver- + liggen.

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