embarrassed

em-bar-rassed · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Feeling or showing self-consciousness, shame, or awkwardness.

  2. 2.

    Experiencing discomfort in a social situation.

  3. 3.

    (dated) In financial difficulty.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    embarrassed silence — an awkward pause in conversation
  • •
    embarrassed to admit — reluctant to confess something uncomfortable

Related words

Antonyms: composed, confident, unfazed
See also: ashamed, embarrass, embarrassing, embarrassment
Synonyms: ashamed, flustered, humiliated, mortified, self-conscious

Etymology

Past participle of embarrass, from French embarrasser. See [[embarrass]] for full etymology.