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悪びれる； 悪怯れる [rK]
【 わるびれる 】
1. [v1,vi]
《usu. with negative sentence》
▶ to act timid
▶ to show diffidence
▶ to be hesitant
▶ to appear embarrassed
▶ to look ashamed

Conjugations


History:
10. A 2022-11-02 21:14:17  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
9. A* 2022-11-02 12:39:41  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
daij, meikyo
  Comments: 
I think these glosses better convey the meaning.
  Diff: 
@@ -18 +18 @@
-<gloss>to act timid (about doing)</gloss>
+<gloss>to act timid</gloss>
@@ -20,3 +20,3 @@
-<gloss>to feel ashamed</gloss>
-<gloss>to feel guilty</gloss>
-<gloss>to hesitate</gloss>
+<gloss>to be hesitant</gloss>
+<gloss>to appear embarrassed</gloss>
+<gloss>to look ashamed</gloss>
8. A 2022-10-30 20:30:09  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
7. A* 2022-10-29 23:54:51  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
daijs and nikk also have わろびれる as a reading for 悪怯れる, but it's probably not worth mentioning.
The example in daijs is from a 19th century novel (紅葉・金色夜叉)

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーー─┬────────┬───────╮
│ 悪びれる　 │ 15,718 │ 98.4% │
│ 悪怯れる　 │    169 │  1.1% │ 🡠 rK (daijr/s, koj)
│ わるびれる │     82 │  0.5% │
│ わろびれる │      0 │  0.0% │
╰─ーーーーー─┴────────┴───────╯
  Diff: 
@@ -8,0 +9 @@
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
6. A 2022-10-29 23:08:46  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
No sign of that in my references. Resubmit with details.
  Diff: 
@@ -21 +20,0 @@
-<gloss>to be fearful</gloss>
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