"embarrassed" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪmˈbæɹ.əst/ [UK, US], /ɪmˈbɛɹ.əst/ (note: US, Mary–marry–merry merger) Forms: more embarrassed [comparative], most embarrassed [superlative]
Etymology: Past participle of embarrass. Etymology templates: {{m|en|embarrass}} embarrass Head templates: {{en-adj}} embarrassed (comparative more embarrassed, superlative most embarrassed)
  1. Having a feeling of shameful discomfort. Translations (Having a feeling of shameful discomfort): مُحْرَج (muḥraj) (Arabic), بِٱلْحَرَج (bi-l-ḥaraj) (Arabic), смутен (smuten) (Bulgarian), объркан (obǎrkan) (Bulgarian), avergonyit (Catalan), ulaw (Cebuano), 難為情 (Chinese Mandarin), 难为情 (nánwéiqíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 尷尬 (Chinese Mandarin), 尴尬 (gāngà) (Chinese Mandarin), in verlegenheid gebracht (Dutch), embarasita (Esperanto), nolo (Finnish), nolostunut (Finnish), kiusaantunut (Finnish), vaivaantunut (Finnish), hämillään (Finnish), embarrassé (French), gêné (French), verlegen (German), נבוך (Hebrew), zavarban van (Hungarian), kínosan érzi magát (Hungarian), szégyelli magát (Hungarian), blygðunarfullur (Icelandic), imbarazzato (Italian), 恥ずかしい (hazukashii) (alt: はずかしい) (Japanese), អៀនខ្លួន (iǝn kluən) (Khmer), 부끄럽다 (bukkeureopda) (Korean), averguensado (Ladino), entravado (Ladino), ກະດາກ (ka dāk) (Lao), ຄັບໃຈ (khap chai) (Lao), ມືກ່າຽຫນ້າຜາກ (mư̄ kāi nā phāk) (Lao), ລະອາຍ (la ʼāi) (Lao), ອາຍ (ʼāi) (Lao), ຂີ້ຫລຶ້ມ (khī lưm) (Lao), ອາຍໃຈ (ʼāi chai) (Lao), ອາຍໜຽມ (ʼāi nīam) (Lao), за́срамен (zásramen) (Macedonian), збр́кан (zbŕkan) (Macedonian), сму́тен (smúten) (Macedonian), malu (Malay), aniu (Maori), rōrī (Maori), embarrassé (Norman), flau (Norwegian), محجوب (mahcub) (Ottoman Turkish), envergonhado (Portuguese), embaraçado (Portuguese), стыдли́вый (stydlívyj) (Russian), смущённый (smuščónnyj) (Russian), расте́рянный (rastérjannyj) (Russian), avergonzado (Spanish), generad (Swedish), intrigà (Venetian), insnapà (Venetian), xấu hổ (Vietnamese), bối rối (Vietnamese), hirošik (Winnebago)
    Sense id: en-embarrassed-en-adj-wPXOn7-s Disambiguation of 'Having a feeling of shameful discomfort': 98 2
  2. (archaic) Impeded; obstructed; in an awkward situation. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-embarrassed-en-adj-7sZlUSwD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: abashed, ashamed, discombobulated, embarrassed, mortified [slang], red in the face, shamed, shamefaced, scundered [Northern-Ireland] Hypernyms: disgraced, humiliated Derived forms: embarrassedly, I'm embarrassed, temporarily embarrassed millionaire Related terms: blush, cringe, red as a beetroot, humble, shame, shy

Verb

IPA: /ɪmˈbæɹ.əst/ [UK, US], /ɪmˈbɛɹ.əst/ (note: US, Mary–marry–merry merger)
Etymology: Past participle of embarrass. Etymology templates: {{m|en|embarrass}} embarrass Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} embarrassed
  1. simple past and past participle of embarrass Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: embarrass Categories (topical): Emotions
    Sense id: en-embarrassed-en-verb-JlugRMUz Disambiguation of Emotions: 28 25 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 43 55 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 26 71

Alternative forms

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          "roman": "khī lưm",
          "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
          "word": "ຂີ້ຫລຶ້ມ"
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          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "ʼāi chai",
          "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
          "word": "ອາຍໃຈ"
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          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "ʼāi nīam",
          "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
          "word": "ອາຍໜຽມ"
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "zásramen",
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          "word": "за́срамен"
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "zbŕkan",
          "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
          "word": "збр́кан"
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "smúten",
          "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
          "word": "сму́тен"
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          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
          "word": "malu"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
          "word": "aniu"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
          "word": "rōrī"
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          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
          "word": "embarrassé"
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
          "word": "flau"
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          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "mahcub",
          "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
          "word": "محجوب"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
          "word": "envergonhado"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
          "word": "embaraçado"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "stydlívyj",
          "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
          "word": "стыдли́вый"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "smuščónnyj",
          "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
          "word": "смущённый"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rastérjannyj",
          "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
          "word": "расте́рянный"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
          "word": "avergonzado"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
          "word": "generad"
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          "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
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          "word": "bối rối"
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      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "مُحْرَج"
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      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "بِٱلْحَرَج"
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      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "смутен"
    },
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      "word": "объркан"
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      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "avergonyit"
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      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "ulaw"
    },
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      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "難為情"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nánwéiqíng",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "难为情"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "尷尬"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gāngà",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "尴尬"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "in verlegenheid gebracht"
    },
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      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "embarasita"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "nolo"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "nolostunut"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "vaivaantunut"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "hämillään"
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      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "embarrassé"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "gêné"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "verlegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "נבוך"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "zavarban van"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "kínosan érzi magát"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "szégyelli magát"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "blygðunarfullur"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "imbarazzato"
    },
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      "alt": "はずかしい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hazukashii",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "恥ずかしい"
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      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "iǝn kluən",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "អៀនខ្លួន"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bukkeureopda",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "부끄럽다"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "averguensado"
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    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "entravado"
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    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "ka dāk",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "ກະດາກ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "khap chai",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "ຄັບໃຈ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "mư̄ kāi nā phāk",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "ມືກ່າຽຫນ້າຜາກ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "la ʼāi",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "ລະອາຍ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "ʼāi",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "ອາຍ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "khī lưm",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "ຂີ້ຫລຶ້ມ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "ʼāi chai",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "ອາຍໃຈ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "ʼāi nīam",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "ອາຍໜຽມ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zásramen",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "за́срамен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zbŕkan",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "збр́кан"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "smúten",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "сму́тен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "malu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "aniu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "rōrī"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "embarrassé"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "flau"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "mahcub",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "محجوب"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "envergonhado"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "embaraçado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stydlívyj",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "стыдли́вый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "smuščónnyj",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "смущённый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rastérjannyj",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "расте́рянный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "avergonzado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "generad"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "intrigà"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "insnapà"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "xấu hổ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "bối rối"
    },
    {
      "code": "win",
      "lang": "Winnebago",
      "sense": "Having a feeling of shameful discomfort",
      "word": "hirošik"
    }
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}

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