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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
embarrassed
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an awkward/uncomfortable/embarrassed silence
▪ ‘Fred tells me you like books,’ Steve said, after an awkward silence.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
rather
▪ In a rather embarrassed way he told Seddon that I was in his office, and asked for instructions.
▪ One has very little to offer in an interview and one sits there feeling rather embarrassed.
▪ She was rather embarrassed but people loved it.
slightly
▪ He looked slightly embarrassed and did not deny that he had.
▪ When I came across it the other day, I was slightly embarrassed.
▪ When at last she lifted her head, she found herself facing three pairs of curious, slightly embarrassed eyes.
▪ Seb was slightly embarrassed at meeting the gipsy.
so
▪ I know it was silly, but I was so embarrassed!
▪ She had tried to avoid him because she was so embarrassed.
too
▪ Some young women are too embarrassed to ask their doctors and afraid of being refused, especially if they are under age.
▪ They were too embarrassed or didn't want to make a mountain out of a molehill.
▪ Last night he was too embarrassed to talk about his blunder.
▪ But some of the lasses were too embarrassed to say.
▪ She didn't understand but she felt too embarrassed to say so.
▪ A few other members of the music world - too embarrassed or well mannered to have left - applauded with him.
▪ De Gaulle was too embarrassed to make a scene of it.
▪ They personally would be too embarrassed to talk to a cripple, let alone argue with one.
very
▪ They were very polite, but also very embarrassed.
▪ I feel very embarrassed about it.
▪ Writing a story Ant is very embarrassed at ripping his jeans.
■ NOUN
silence
▪ As the rest of the tawdry tale emerged the Foreign Office and Downing Street lapsed into embarrassed silence.
▪ An embarrassed silence hummed on the air.
▪ There was an embarrassed silence when I went back into the kitchen to tidy myself up.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
color me surprised/confused/embarrassed etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ "I'm not sure if I actually want to marry her," Harry said, feeling acutely embarrassed.
▪ an embarrassed grin
▪ I got very drunk at the party, and I feel really embarrassed about it.
▪ Kids get embarrassed if their Mums kiss them in front of their friends.
▪ Marlon was always embarrassed by his lack of education.
▪ The chair broke when Tim sat on it - he was pretty embarrassed.
▪ The teachers are supposed to teach us about 'safe sex', but most of them are too embarrassed.
▪ Tony spilled red wine all over their carpet. He was so embarrassed!
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Explanations, when called for, are embarrassed evasions and sometimes plain lies.
▪ Feeling a little embarrassed, he quickly cleared his throat and glanced up at the clock.
▪ He's not indignant, he's not embarrassed.
▪ He seemed embarrassed to be confronted by a woman, stark naked and a good twelve inches shorter than himself.
▪ Wendy and I were at once amused and embarrassed, but also concerned lest he be mown down by a passing train.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
embarrassed

embarrassed \embarrassed\ adj.

  1. feeling uneasily or unpleasantly self-conscious due to some event or circumstance; as, she was embarrassed by her child's tantrums.

    Syn: abashed, self-conscious.

  2. feeling inferior or unworthy and hence unpleasantly self-conscious; as, too embarrassed to say hello to his drunken father on the street.

    Syn: chagrined, mortified.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
embarrassed

"perplexed, confused," 1680s, past participle adjective from embarrass.

Wiktionary
embarrassed

  1. Having a feeling of shameful discomfort. v

  2. (en-past of: embarrass)

WordNet
embarrassed

  1. adj. feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious; "felt abashed at the extravagant praise"; "chagrined at the poor sales of his book"; "was embarrassed by her child's tantrums" [syn: abashed, chagrined]

  2. caused to feel self-conscious and uncomfortable; "was discomfited by the personal questions"; "the child felt embarrassed by the attention of the adults" [syn: discomfited]

  3. made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride; "too embarrassed to say hello to his drunken father on the street"; "humiliated that his wife had to go out to work"; "felt mortified by the comparison with her sister" [syn: humiliated, mortified]

Usage examples of "embarrassed".

She felt too embarrassed considering what they had done, the magnitude of their sins.

Poulard offered his hand and Claudine took it, embarrassed at the theatricality.

When her brow lifted in a gesture of curiosity, Trey cleared his throat, embarrassed when the paper quivered in his hands.

He was a little taller than her, so he dipped his head until his ear rested against her pretty mouth, and Alice kissed the ear, running her bright pink tongue over the embarrassed lobe, speaking to Ord for a moment or two with a secret chemical voice absorbed along with her spit.

The man wailed and glanced forlornly at his utterly embarrassed friends.

Ravleen slid herself through the body of the near god, leaving it more embarrassed than injured.

He wrote, therefore, to a college associate of his younger years, whom he knew to be severely embarrassed in his affairs, and made proposals for settling him in the house of his brother.

Edgar embarrassed, strove now mutually to shew Sir Hugh they wished no more might be said: but he only embraced them again, and declared he had never been so full of joy before in his whole life, and would not be cut short.

He seemed, himself, much struck at the sight of Eugenia, who blushed and looked embarrassed by his presence.

She glanced over with eyes baby blue like her outfit, and gave Eve and Roarke an embarrassed smile.

Vaguely embarrassed, Eve waited until the street was clear to climb out.

The only thing that prevented her from sinking to her knees was her noticing that he looked as gruffly shy and embarrassed as she.

He squirmed a bit, embarrassed by the candid display of emotion in front of all the people.

The sudden glint of her silver eyes under those long, curved lashes and the tightening of her lips told him she was no longer embarrassed but angry.

One of the men ran a hand over his weathered, whiskered face, as if embarrassed by his appearance, while the other spoke up without the slightest hesitation.