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Adjective: embarrassed  em'barust
  1. Feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious
    "was embarrassed by her child's tantrums"
    - abashed, chagrined
     
  2. 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
  1. Cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
    - abash
     
  2. 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

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