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embarrassed

adjective

  1. feeling uncomfortable or nervous and worrying about what people think of you
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɪmˈbæɹ.əst/ / /ɪmˈbɛɹ.əst/

adj

Etymology: Past participle of embarrass.

  1. Having a feeling of shameful discomfort.

    After returning from the pool, Aleshia felt significantly better, though she was still slightly embarrassed.

  2. Impeded; obstructed; in an awkward situation.

    […] they could let their eyes hover tenderly on the far-off white cliffs that so often had signalled to the embarrassed English a promise of safety.

verb

Etymology: Past participle of embarrass.

  1. simple past and past participle of embarrass