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embarrassed

adjective

1 embarrassed

Feeling or caused to feel ill at ease or self-conscious or ashamed:
— Was embarrassed by her child's tantrums.

synonyms: abashed, chagrined.

Roget 804: poor, indigent; poverty-stricken; badly off, poorly off, ill off; poor as a rat, poor as a church mouse, poor as a Job; fortuneless, dowerless, moneyless, penniless; unportioned, ... show more

2 embarrassed

Made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride:
— Too embarrassed to say hello to his drunken father on the street.

synonyms: humiliated, mortified.


Moby thesaurus: abashed, abroad, adrift, afflicted, agitated, annoyed, anxious, ashamed, astray, at sea, badly off, balled-up, beset, bewildered, blushful, blushing, bothered, broke, burdened with debt, cast down ... show more.

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