Open Multilingual Wordnet 1.3

02672859-v 'make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities'; V2;

Chinese (simplified)	过度补偿 , 掩盖 , 掩饰
English	cover , compensate ( ⊳ ) , overcompensate ( ⊳ )
Indonesian	menggelimangi , menjerukun , memalut , membelongsongi , mencakupi , membenarkan , melingkupi , melapiki , mencakup , menggelimuni , menyalut , menutupi , meliputi , membahas , membukut
Japanese	埋め合わせ , 埋め合わせ+する

Definitions

English: make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
― he is compensating for being a bad father
Japanese: よいところを大げさに強調することで欠点や劣等感を補う
― 彼は悪い父親であることに対し、埋め合わせをしている

Relations

Hypernym:	compensate
Semantic Field:	stative_v

Verb Frames

Something ----s something;

External Links

TempoWN: ◁ △ ▷ (Past: 0.000; Present: 0.015; Future: 0.000)

SentiWN: ▲ ▼ (+0.62 -0.12) MLSentiCon: ▲ ▼ (+0.50 -0.12)