Meanings
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.
1 more example
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 he said, "It's you I want to talk to, and I'll be over after we finish up."
2014, Molly Smith Metzler, Elemeno Pea, →ISBN, page 47 - archaicImpeded; 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
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of embarrass
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivefeeling or caused to feel ill at ease or self-conscious or ashamed
adjectivemade to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Past participle of embarrass.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مُحْرَج, بِٱلْحَرَج
- مُحْرَج (muḥraj)Having a feeling of shameful discomfort
- بِٱلْحَرَج (bi-l-ḥaraj)Having a feeling of shameful discomfort
Bulgarian смутен, объркан
- смутен (smuten)Having a feeling of shameful discomfort
- объркан (obărkan)Having a feeling of shameful discomfort
Catalan avergonyit
- avergonyitHaving a feeling of shameful discomfort
Chinese Mandarin 難為情 /难为情, 尷尬 /尴尬
- 難為情 /难为情 (nánwéiqíng)Having a feeling of shameful discomfort
- 尷尬 /尴尬 (gāngà)Having a feeling of shameful discomfort
- 狼狽 /狼狈 (lángbèi)Having a feeling of shameful discomfort
Dutch in verlegenheid gebracht
- in verlegenheid gebrachtHaving a feeling of shameful discomfort
Esperanto embarasita
- embarasitaHaving a feeling of shameful discomfort
Finnish nolo, nolostunut
- noloHaving a feeling of shameful discomfort
- nolostunutHaving a feeling of shameful discomfort
- kiusaantunutHaving a feeling of shameful discomfort
- vaivaantunutHaving a feeling of shameful discomfort
- hämilläänHaving a feeling of shameful discomfort
French embarrassé, gêné
- embarrasséHaving a feeling of shameful discomfort
- gênéHaving a feeling of shameful discomfort
German verlegen
- verlegenHaving a feeling of shameful discomfort
Hebrew נבוך
- נבוךHaving a feeling of shameful discomfort
Hungarian zavarban van, kínosan érzi magát
- zavarban vanHaving a feeling of shameful discomfort
- kínosan érzi magátHaving a feeling of shameful discomfort
- szégyelli magátHaving a feeling of shameful discomfort
Icelandic blygðunarfullur
- blygðunarfullurHaving a feeling of shameful discomfort
Italian imbarazzato
- imbarazzatoHaving a feeling of shameful discomfort
Japanese 恥ずかしい
- 恥ずかしい (hazukashii)Having a feeling of shameful discomfort
Korean 부끄럽다
- 부끄럽다 (bukkeureopda)Having a feeling of shameful discomfort
Malay malu
- maluHaving a feeling of shameful discomfort
Māori aniu, rōrī
- aniuHaving a feeling of shameful discomfort
- rōrīHaving a feeling of shameful discomfort
Norwegian flau
- flauHaving a feeling of shameful discomfort
Polish zawstydzony
- zawstydzonyHaving a feeling of shameful discomfort
Portuguese envergonhado, embaraçado
- envergonhadoHaving a feeling of shameful discomfort
- embaraçadoHaving a feeling of shameful discomfort
Russian стыдли́вый, смущённый
- стыдли́вый (stydlívyj)Having a feeling of shameful discomfort
- смущённый (smuščónnyj)Having a feeling of shameful discomfort
- расте́рянный (rastérjannyj)Having a feeling of shameful discomfort
Spanish avergonzado
- avergonzadoHaving a feeling of shameful discomfort
Swedish generad
- generadHaving a feeling of shameful discomfort
Vietnamese xấu hổ, bối rối
- xấu hổHaving a feeling of shameful discomfort
- bối rốiHaving a feeling of shameful discomfort
Cite this entry
embarrassed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/embarrassed
“embarrassed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/embarrassed. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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