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gênant

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adjective
  1. disruptive
  2. embarrassing
  3. troublesome, inconvenient

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  • Seul Vilarme aurait pu faire une ombre trop prononcée dans ce gai tableau; mais sentant combien sa position deviendrait gênante et ridicule s'il continuait à garder ses funèbres airs de croque-mort, il s'efforçait d'être aimable.Only Vilarme could have made a shadow too pronounced in this cheerful painting; but feeling how embarrassing and ridiculous his position would become if he continued to keep his funerals as croque-mort, he was trying to be kind.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
  • Ne croyez donc pas que je vous fasse une grâce, je tire proprement des deux mains; et il y aura même désavantage pour vous: un gaucher est très gênant pour les gens qui ne sont pas prévenus.So do not believe that I give you a grace, I draw cleanly from both hands; and there will be even disadvantage for you: a left-handed man is very embarrassing for people who are not warned.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires

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