embarrassed adjective - Oxford Learner's Dictionaries

Definition of embarrassed adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, ... Togglenavigation Redeem Upgrade Help Signin Dictionaries Dictionarieshome English AmericanEnglish Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammarhome PracticalEnglishUsage Learn&PractiseGrammar(Beta) WordLists WordListshome MyWordLists Topics Recentadditions Resources Resourceshome TextChecker Signin Dictionaries Dictionarieshome English AmericanEnglish Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammarhome PracticalEnglishUsage Learn&PractiseGrammar(Beta) WordLists WordListshome MyWordLists Topics Recentadditions Resources Resourceshome TextChecker Redeem Upgrade Help TOP AmericanEnglish English AmericanEnglish AcademicEnglish Collocations PracticalEnglishUsage German-English English-German English AmericanEnglish Entersearchtext DefinitionofembarrassedadjectivefromtheOxfordAdvancedAmericanDictionary   embarrassed adjectiveadjectiveNAmE//ɪmˈbærəst//  jumptootherresults(ofapersonortheirbehavior)shy,awkward,orashamed,especiallyinasocialsituationI'veneverfeltsoembarrassedinmylife!Herremarkwasfollowedbyanembarrassedsilence.embarrassedaboutsomethingShe'sembarrassedaboutherheight.embarrassedatsomethingHefeltembarrassedatbeingthecenterofattention.embarrassedtodosomethingSomewomenaretooembarrassedtoconsulttheirdoctorabouttheproblem.WhichWord?ashamed/embarrassed Youfeelashamedwhenyoufeelguiltybecauseofsomethingwrongthatyouhavedeliberatelydone:Youshouldbeashamedoftreatingyourdaughterlikethat.Donotuseashamedwhenyouaretalkingaboutsomethingthatisnotveryseriousorimportant:IamsorrythatIforgottobuymilk.IamashamedthatIforgottobuymilk. Youfeelembarrassedwhenyouhavemadeamistakeordonesomethingstupidorfeelawkwardinfrontofotherpeople:Iwasembarrassedaboutforgettinghisname. Questionsaboutgrammarandvocabulary? FindtheanswerswithPracticalEnglishUsageonline,yourindispensableguidetoproblemsinEnglish. Joinus JoinourcommunitytoaccessthelatestlanguagelearningandassessmenttipsfromOxfordUniversityPress! Definitionsonthego Lookupanywordinthedictionaryoffline,anytime,anywherewiththeOxfordAdvancedLearner’sDictionaryapp. Wanttolearnmore? FindoutwhichwordsworktogetherandproducemorenaturalsoundingEnglishwiththeOxfordCollocationsDictionaryapp. SeeembarrassedintheOxfordAdvancedLearner'sDictionaryCheckpronunciation:embarrassed Otherresults Allmatches embarrassverb Nearbywords embarkonphrasalverb embarrassverb embarrassedadjective embarrassingadjective embarrassmentnoun