"stage fright" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From stage + fright. Etymology templates: {{com|en|stage|fright}} stage + fright Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} stage fright (uncountable)
  1. (uncountable) A state of nervousness about performing some action in front of a group of people, on or off of a stage; nerves; a lack of self-assurance before an audience. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: stagefright, stage-fright Related terms: performance anxiety Translations (state of nervousness about performing): رَهَاب المَسْرَح (rahāb al-masraḥ) (Arabic), վախ բեմից (vax bemicʻ) (Armenian), 怯場 (Chinese Mandarin), 怯场 (qièchǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), tréma [feminine] (Czech), sceneskræk [common-gender] (Danish), lampefeber [common-gender] (Danish), plankenkoorts (Dutch), esinemishirm (Estonian), glossofoobia (Estonian), ramppikuume (Finnish), esiintymiskuume (Finnish), trac [masculine] (French), Lampenfieber [neuter] (German), Rampenfieber [neuter] (German), άγχος (ánchos) [neuter] (Greek), lámpaláz (Hungarian), sviðsskrekkur [masculine] (Icelandic), demam panggung (Indonesian), 舞台負け (butai-make) (alt: ぶたいまけ) (Japanese), ಸಭಾಕಂಪ (sabhākampa) (Kannada), ರಂಗಭಯ (raṅgabhaya) (Kannada), 무대공포증 (mudaegongpojeung) (Korean), трема (trema) [feminine] (Macedonian), സഭാകമ്പം (sabhākampaṁ) (Malayalam), hanepī (Maori), sceneskrekk (Norwegian), trema [feminine] (Polish), medo de palco [masculine] (Portuguese), trac [neuter] (Romanian), страх сце́ны (strax scény) [masculine] (Russian), боя́знь сце́ны (bojáznʹ scény) [feminine] (Russian), ireapais [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), трема [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), trema [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), tréma [feminine] (Slovak), miedo escénico [masculine] (Spanish), scenskräck [common-gender] (Swedish), rampfeber [common-gender] (Swedish), sahne heyecanı (Turkish), sahne korkusu (Turkish), сценічне хвилювання (scenične xvyljuvannja) (Ukrainian), сценофобія (scenofobija) (Ukrainian)
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  2. (euphemistic) Synonym of paruresis. Tags: euphemistic, uncountable Synonyms: paruresis [synonym, synonym-of]
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      "word": "glossofoobia"
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      "word": "trac"
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      "word": "άγχος"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "state of nervousness about performing",
      "word": "lámpaláz"
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      "code": "is",
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      "word": "sviðsskrekkur"
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      "word": "demam panggung"
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      "word": "舞台負け"
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      "word": "ಸಭಾಕಂಪ"
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      "roman": "raṅgabhaya",
      "sense": "state of nervousness about performing",
      "word": "ರಂಗಭಯ"
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      "roman": "mudaegongpojeung",
      "sense": "state of nervousness about performing",
      "word": "무대공포증"
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      "roman": "sabhākampaṁ",
      "sense": "state of nervousness about performing",
      "word": "സഭാകമ്പം"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "state of nervousness about performing",
      "word": "hanepī"
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "state of nervousness about performing",
      "word": "sceneskrekk"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "state of nervousness about performing",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "trema"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "state of nervousness about performing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "medo de palco"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "state of nervousness about performing",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "trac"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "strax scény",
      "sense": "state of nervousness about performing",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "страх сце́ны"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bojáznʹ scény",
      "sense": "state of nervousness about performing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "боя́знь сце́ны"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "state of nervousness about performing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "ireapais"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "state of nervousness about performing",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "трема"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "state of nervousness about performing",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "trema"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "state of nervousness about performing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tréma"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "state of nervousness about performing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "miedo escénico"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "state of nervousness about performing",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "scenskräck"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "state of nervousness about performing",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "rampfeber"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "state of nervousness about performing",
      "word": "sahne heyecanı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "state of nervousness about performing",
      "word": "sahne korkusu"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "scenične xvyljuvannja",
      "sense": "state of nervousness about performing",
      "word": "сценічне хвилювання"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "scenofobija",
      "sense": "state of nervousness about performing",
      "word": "сценофобія"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stage fright"
}

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