embarrassed
English
Etymology
Past participle of embarrass.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ɪmˈbæɹ.əst/
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.
- (archaic) Impeded; obstructed.
- 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:
- […] 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.
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Translations
Having a feeling of shameful discomfort
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