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embarrassed
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embarrassed
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in social difficulties |
| Synonyms: | abashed, ashamed, disconcerted, flustered |
| Main Entry: | embarrass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause mental discomfort |
| Synonyms: | abash, agitate, annoy, bewilder, bother, bug, catch one short, chagrin, confuse, discombobulate, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, distract, distress, disturb, dumbfound, faze, fluster, give a bad time, give a hard time, hang up, irk, let down*, make a monkey of, mortify, nonplus, perplex, perturb, plague, put in a hole, put in a spot, put on the spot, put out of countenance, puzzle, rattle, shame, show up, stun, tease, throw, throw into a tizzy, upset |
| Antonyms: | comfort, gladden, help, please |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abashed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exhibiting mental discomfort, ill at ease |
| Synonyms: | ashamed, bewildered, bugged, chagrined, confounded, confused, crushed, discombobulated*, disconcerted, embarrassed, fazed, fuddled, humbled, humiliated, in a tizzy, mortified, rattled, shamed, taken aback |
| Antonyms: | at ease, composed, emboldened, proud, reassured |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ashamed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | regretting, remorseful |
| Synonyms: | abashed, apologetic, bashful, blushing, chagrined, compunctious, conscience-stricken, contrite, crestfallen, debased, demeaned, discomfited, disconcerted, distraught, distressed, embarrassed, flustered, guilty, hesitant, humble, humbled, humiliated, meek, mortified, muddled, penitent, regretful, reluctant, repentant, shamed, shamefaced, sheepish, shy, sorry, stammering, stuttering, submissive |
| Antonyms: | bold, defiant, immodest, not sorry, shameless, unregretful, unremorseful, unself-conscious |
| Main Entry: | awkward |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | embarrassing |
| Synonyms: | compromising, delicate, difficult, embarrassed, ill at ease, inconvenient, inopportune, painful, perplexing, sticky*, thorny, ticklish, troublesome, trying, uncomfortable, unpleasant, untimely |
| Antonyms: | clever |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bashful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shy |
| Synonyms: | abashed, backward, blushful, blushing, chary, confused, constrained, coy, demure, diffident, embarrassed, humble, modest, nervous, overmodest, recoiling, reserved, reticent, retiring, self-conscious, self-effacing, shamefaced, sheepish, shrinking, silent, timid, timorous, unassertive, verecund |
| Antonyms: | confident, unabashed, unshy |
| Main Entry: | disconcerted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confused; shaken |
| Synonyms: | annoyed, bewildered, caught off balance, come apart, distracted, disturbed, embarrassed, fazed, flustered, in botheration, messed-up, mixed-up, nonplussed, out of countenance, perturbed, psyched-out, rattled, ruffled, shook-up, spaced-out, taken aback, thrown, troubled, unglued, unsettled, unzipped, upset |
| Antonyms: | calm, composed, concerted, soothed, unworried |
| Main Entry: | flushed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pink, glowing |
| Synonyms: | ablaze, animated, aroused, blushing, burning, crimson, elated, embarrassed, enthused, exhilarated, feverish, florid, full-blooded, high, hot, inspired, intoxicated, red, rosy, rubicund, ruddy, rutilant, rutilous, sanguine, thrilled |
| Antonyms: | pale, pallid |
| Main Entry: | involved |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | implicated in action |
| Synonyms: | affected, caught, concerned, eat sleep and breathe, embarrassed, embroiled, enmeshed, entangled, hooked, immersed in, incriminated, interested, into, knee-deep in, mixed up in, mixed up with, occupied, participating, taking part in, tangled, up to here in, up to one's neck in |
| Antonyms: | blameless, exonerated |
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