gênéadj.

/ʒɛnɛ/

Forms: Also feminine gênée.

Etymology: French, past participle of gêner to embarrass; compare gêne n.¹

Constrained, embarrassed, discomforted. Also as v. transitive, to make (someone) feel gêné.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > [adjective]

slatc1300

bested1303

forswonga1400

vexed1440

plagued1563

molested1580

bustled1602

grieved1627

travailed1644

over-troubled1646

harassed1693

baited1720

badgered1794

gêné1806

bedevilled1827

besieged1866

the mind > emotion > humility > feeling of shame > [adjective] > embarrassed

confounded1362

awkward1713

embarrassed1756

constrained1801

gêné1806

1806 Wynne Diaries (1940) III. 301 Mrs. Bishop seemed gênée, we played at Loo, and were very merry all the Evening.

1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIII ciii. 106 But none were ‘gêné’.

1929 E. Bowen Last September i. viii. 91 She looked gênée, dispirited.

Derivatives

gênéd adj. (also gênéed)

ΚΠ

1817 H. C. B. Campbell Jrnl. 4 Oct. in Journey to Florence (1951) 102 A few people came in the evening. I felt geneed not having been in company for some time.

1851 E. Ruskin Let. 25 Nov. in Effie in Venice (1965) 219 He is very good and well bred and..they don't see how gened he is.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	gêné
释义	gênéadj. /ʒɛnɛ/ Forms: Also feminine gênée. Etymology: French, past participle of gêner to embarrass; compare gêne n.¹ Constrained, embarrassed, discomforted. Also as v. transitive, to make (someone) feel gêné. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > [adjective] slatc1300 bested1303 forswonga1400 vexed1440 plagued1563 molested1580 bustled1602 grieved1627 travailed1644 over-troubled1646 harassed1693 baited1720 badgered1794 gêné1806 bedevilled1827 besieged1866 the mind > emotion > humility > feeling of shame > [adjective] > embarrassed confounded1362 awkward1713 embarrassed1756 constrained1801 gêné1806 1806 Wynne Diaries (1940) III. 301 Mrs. Bishop seemed gênée, we played at Loo, and were very merry all the Evening. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIII ciii. 106 But none were ‘gêné’. 1929 E. Bowen Last September i. viii. 91 She looked gênée, dispirited. Derivatives gênéd adj. (also gênéed) ΚΠ 1817 H. C. B. Campbell Jrnl. 4 Oct. in Journey to Florence (1951) 102 A few people came in the evening. I felt geneed not having been in company for some time. 1851 E. Ruskin Let. 25 Nov. in Effie in Venice (1965) 219 He is very good and well bred and..they don't see how gened he is. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1806
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