embarrassed

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ɪmˈbær.əst/

Etymology

From embarrass + -ed. The adjective is an extension of the past participle.

Adjective

embarrassed (comparative more embarrassed, superlative most embarrassed)

1. Having a feeling of shameful discomfort.

   After returning from the pool, Aleshia felt significantly better, though she was still slightly embarrassed.

Derived terms

• embarrassedly

Translations

Having a feeling of shameful discomfort

Arabic: مورط (ar) (muwárraT) Bulgarian: смутен (bg), объркан (bg) Catalan: avergonyit (ca) m., avergonyida (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 難為情 (cmn), 难为情 (cmn) (nánwéiqíng), 尷尬 (cmn), 尴尬 (cmn) (gāngà) Dutch: in verlegenheid (nl) f. gebracht Finnish: nolo (fi), nolostunut (fi), kiusaantunut (fi), vaivaantunut (fi)

French: embarrassé (fr) German: verlegen (de) Hungarian: zavart (hu) Japanese: 恥ずかしい (ja) (はずかしい, hazukashii) Norwegian: flau (no) Russian: стыдливый (ru) (stydlívyj), смущённый (ru) (smuščónnyj), растерянный (ru) (rastérjannyj) Spanish: avergonzado (es)

Verb

embarrassed

1. Simple past tense and past participle of embarrass.