embarrassed

Speech parts

1. embarrassed - Adjective

2. embarrassed - Verb

4. embarrassed - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Embarrass

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

shy humiliated ashamed abashed chagrined mortified disconcerted bashful uncomfortable awkward timid flustered blushing self-conscious discomfited
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Antonyms

proud arch arrant composed approved animated
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Phrases with the word

feel embarrassed be embarrassed financially embarrassed be embarrassed about embarrassed circumstances be embarrassed in public

Examples

I'm not a do-gooder. It embarrassed me to be classified as a humanitarian. I simply take part in activities that I believe in. Gregory Peck

Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires. John Steinbeck

At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone. Jean de La Bruyère

The mother-in-law shows you her thighs without shame, you are the embarrassed one. African Congo Proverb

When an elephant eats and eats and still cries for more, it is the grass that will get embarrassed. African Proverb

They asked the female cat why her kittens were of different colors; she said she is embarrassed to say no. Tunisian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

embarrass embarrassability embarrassable embarrassed circumstances embarrassedly embarrassing