Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective feeling uneasily or unpleasantly self-conscious due to some event or circumstance.
- adjective feeling inferior or unworthy and hence unpleasantly self-conscious.
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- adjective Having a feeling of
shameful discomfort. - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
embarrass .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious
- adjective made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride
Etymologies
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Examples
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Because the word embarrassed was her middle name, Charlotte wouldnt wish public humiliation on her worst enemy.
Beacon Street Girls: Lake Rescue Annie Bryant 2008
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Because the word embarrassed was her middle name, Charlotte wouldnt wish public humiliation on her worst enemy.
Beacon Street Girls: Lake Rescue Annie Bryant 2008
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He never said it aloud, but I knew the name embarrassed him.
Oh My Goth Gena Showalter 2006
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He never said it aloud, but I knew the name embarrassed him.
Oh My Goth Gena Showalter 2006
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He never said it aloud, but I knew the name embarrassed him.
Oh My Goth Gena Showalter 2006
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He never said it aloud, but I knew the name embarrassed him.
Oh My Goth Gena Showalter 2006
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I laughed out loud at the dark humor, though I could not tell you why exactly, leaving the speaker of the term embarrassed when she realized I had heard her.
Homepage 2010
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Many years ago Ronald Reagan's pollster talked after Watergate about what he called the embarrassed Republican vote: many Republicans who chose to stay home rather than vote for their party.
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The way for the Nationals to stop getting embarrassed is to start winning, Mark Zuckerman says.
Collin Balester provides some relief Adam Kilgore 2010
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While the Mount Holyoke grads were meeting in embarrassed little encounter groups to discuss possibly putting a mirror down there, Brown was telling her readers to embrace all aspects of their body, including the various functions and products of the alimentary tract.
nheiges commented on the word embarrassed
"Embarazada" in Spanish means pregnant
July 4, 2007
john commented on the word embarrassed
A false friend. For more, see this list.
January 12, 2008
oroboros commented on the word embarrassed
embarRassED
April 26, 2008
bilby commented on the word embarrassed
cute oro :-)
April 26, 2008