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embarrassed

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Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
18
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/ɪmˈbæɹ.əst/(UK)
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/ɪmˈbæɹ.əst/(UK) · /ɪmˈbɛɹ.əst/

Definition of embarrassed

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Having a feeling of shameful discomfort.
    “After returning from the pool, Aleshia felt significantly better, though she was still slightly embarrassed.”
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adj

  1. Having a feeling of shameful discomfort.
    “After returning from the pool, Aleshia felt significantly better, though she was still slightly embarrassed.”
  2. (archaic)Impeded; obstructed; in an awkward situation.
    “[…] they could let their eyes hover tenderly on the far-off white cliffs that so often had signalled to the embarrassed English a promise of safety.”

verb

  1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of embarrass

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Etymology

Past participle of embarrass.

Anagrams of embarrassed

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