Adjective: embarrassed em'behr-ust [N. Amer], em'ba-rust [Brit]
- Feeling or caused to feel ill at ease or self-conscious or ashamed
"was embarrassed by her child's tantrums";
- abashed, chagrined, chagrinned
- Made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride
"too embarrassed to say hello to his drunken father on the street";
- humiliated, mortified
- Cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
"He was embarrassd by their kindness"; "The revelation embarrassed the whole family";
- abash
- [archaic] Hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
"His brother embarrassed him at every turn";
- obstruct, blockade, block, hinder, stymie, stymy [rare]
See also: ashamed, discomposed
Type of: discomfit, discompose, disconcert, forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent, untune [rare], upset
Encyclopedia: Embarrassed
Embarrass, Minnesota