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embarrassed
feeling awkward or foolish in front of other people
Synonyms
Antonyms
- confident
- composed
embarrassed in a sentence
I felt embarrassed when I called my teacher by the wrong name.
Eli became embarrassed after forgetting his lines during the class play.
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.
Read it in context
- The Boat in the Rain Narrative
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