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Adjective: embarrassed em'barust- Feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious
"was embarrassed by her child's tantrums" - abashed, chagrined - Made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride
"too embarrassed to say hello to his drunken father on the street" - humiliated, mortified Verb: embarrass em'barus- Cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
- abash - Hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
- obstruct, blockade, block, hinder, stymie, stymy
See also: ashamed, discomposed, embarrassment Type of: discomfit, discompose, disconcert, forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent, untune, upset Encyclopedia: Embarrass, MN Embarrass Embarrass, Minnesota Embarrass, Wisconsin Embarrass, WI Embarrassed |