embarrassed
adjective
- feeling uncomfortable or nervous and worrying about what people think of you
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɪmˈbæɹ.əst/ / /ɪmˈbɛɹ.əst/
adj
Etymology: Past participle of embarrass.
- Having a feeling of shameful discomfort.
“After returning from the pool, Aleshia felt significantly better, though she was still slightly embarrassed.”
- 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.
- simple past and past participle of embarrass