embarrassed
/ɪmˈbɛɹ.əst/UK/ɪmˈbæɹ.əst/
embarrassed adjective: having a feeling of shameful discomfort. Also the simple past and past participle of embarrass.
Adjective
embarrassed (comparative more embarrassed, superlative most embarrassed)
- Having a feeling of shameful discomfort.
- After returning from the pool, Aleshia felt significantly better, though she was still slightly embarrassed.
- SIMONE: And I said, "Well, Michaela is here at the guest house and she doesn't have her things and she had to run home from West Tisbury and someone thought she was homeless and she's hurt and embarrassed and I think it would be very gentlemanly of one of you to come over here and talk to her," and...2014, Molly Smith Metzler, Elemeno Pea, →ISBN, page 47
- 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.1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew
Also used as
embarrassed is also the simple past and past participle of embarrass.
embarrassed meaning in Bengali, Kannada, Arabic and Malay
embarrassed in Bengali
- বিব্রত
embarrassed in Kannada
- ಮುಜುಗರಕ್ಕೀಡಾದರು, ಮುಜುಗರಕ್ಕೊಳಗಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ, ಮುಜುಗರಕ್ಕೀಡಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ
embarrassed in Arabic
- Having a feeling of shameful discomfort
- مُحْرَج muḥraj, بِٱلْحَرَج bi-l-ḥaraj
embarrassed in Malay
- Having a feeling of shameful discomfort
- malu
More languagesFewer languages
- embarrassed in Vietnamese
- xấu hổ, bối rối
Examples of embarrassed in a sentence
- He's been gunning for you ever since you embarrassed him at the party.
- She made a devious innuendo about her opponent, who was embarrassed.
- Many parents become embarrassed by their children throwing tantrums in public places.
Synonyms of embarrassed
Antonyms
Forms of embarrassed
| comparative | more embarrassed |
|---|---|
| superlative | most embarrassed |
Origin of embarrassed
Past participle of embarrass.
Words formed from embarrassed
Phrases with embarrassed
Questions about embarrassed
- What does embarrassed mean?
- Embarrassed means having a feeling of shameful discomfort.
- What is embarrassed in Bengali?
- Embarrassed in Bengali is বিব্রত. See Embarrassed meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is embarrassed?
- Embarrassed is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce embarrassed?
- Embarrassed is pronounced /ɪmˈbæɹ.əst/ (UK).
Words near embarrassed in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: embarrassed (page history and authors); embarrassed (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); embarrassed (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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