Megbántott

Megbántott is a Hungarian past participle of the verb megbántani. It has two main uses. First, it can express that someone has felt remorse or regret for their own actions, as in the sense of “to regret” something one did. Second, and more common in everyday language, it describes someone who has been hurt or offended by another’s words or actions, functioning as an adjective meaning “hurt” or “offended.” In this sense it often appears with a definite object or as part of a noun phrase such as the “megbántott fél” (the offended party).

Grammatically, megbántott can serve as a predicative participle and, in compound tenses, as part of the verb phrase megbántottam, megbántottad, etc. It can also occur as an attributive adjective modifying a noun, conveying the state of having been hurt or offended. When used for the remorse sense, it is tied to the action of regretting something one did, with related forms such as megbánás (regret) and megbántás (the act of hurting or offending).

Etymology traces megbántott to megbántani, with the suffix -ott forming a past participle that can describe a completed action or state. The word is common in both spoken and written Hungarian and is frequently used in discussions of interpersonal conflict, apologies, and emotional responses.

See also: megbánás, megbántás, megbántani.