English → Latin
“embarrassed” in Latin
turbōto disturb, unsettle, agitate, perturb; to upsetconturbōto confuse, confound; to throw into confusion; to disturb, disquiet; to become bankrupt; to throw accounts into disarrayperturbōto confuse; to disturb or perturb, trouble or alarmcōnfundōto pour, mingle, stir up; to diffuse, suffuse, spread over; to unite, mix together, join, combine, mingleimpediōto hinder, impede, prevent, obstruct, hamper, thwart; to embarrassperplexusentangled, involved, intricate, confused; unintelligible, complicated, intricate, inscrutable, ambiguous; dark, obscure
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
embarrassed
turbatus: conturbatus: perturbatus (brought into disorder; conturbatus and perturbatus also = confounded, alarmed): confusus (also = confounded). (The words are found in this connection and order.) conturbatus et confusus: impeditus (entangled): perplexus (perplexed, obscure). I am embarrassed, sum animo conturbato et incerto. An embarrassed look, os confusum: an embarrassed speech, oratio confusa: sermo perplexus. Embarrassed circumstances, implicatio rei familiaris (Cic.): res familiaris affecta, perturbata: res minus secundae: In his very embarrassed circumstances, in extremis rebus suis: my circumstances are embarrassed, res meae sunt minus secundae.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for embarrassed?
- The usual Latin words for “embarrassed” are turbō, conturbō, perturbō; also cōnfundō, impediō, perplexus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.