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Adjective: embarrassed  em'behr-ust [N. Amer], em'ba-rust [Brit]
  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'behr-us [N. Amer], em'ba-rus [Brit]
    "One would think that Owen's failure even to pick up the hammer at the bell-ringing contest would thoroughly embarrass him, but he laughed about it";
    - abash
  2. Hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
    "His brother embarrassed him at every turn";
    - obstruct, blockade, block, hinder, stymie, stymy

See also: ashamed, discomposed

Type of: discomfit, discompose, disconcert, forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent, untune, upset

Encyclopedia: Embarrassed

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