vergogna

Definitions of vergogna
  1. noun
    a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
    synonyms: pudore
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    type of:
    sentimento, stato d'animo
    the experiencing of affective and emotional states
  2. noun
    an unfortunate development
    synonyms: peccato
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    type of:
    cattiva sorte, disdetta, disgrazia, guaio, iattura, iella, iettatura, malanno, malasorte, rovescio, scalogna, sfiga, sfortuna, sventura
    unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event
  3. noun
    some event that causes someone to be embarrassed
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