ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsEembarrassed
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embarrassed
Meaning: feeling awkward or foolish in front of other people
embarrassed in a sentence
How embarrassed is used in real sentences:
I felt embarrassed when I called my teacher by the wrong name.
Eli became embarrassed after forgetting his lines during the class play.
“The boy introduced himself as Theo, then looked embarrassed and stared at the ground.”
— from the passage The Boat in the Rain
Synonyms for embarrassed
Other words for embarrassed — abashed, flustered and sheepish — carry the same meaning.
Antonyms of embarrassed
Words that mean the opposite of embarrassed:
- confident
- composed
Where it comes from
From French embarrasser 'to obstruct or confuse'
Memory hook
An embarrassing error can make you wish you could hide behind a barrier.
Practice embarrassed in the app