embarrassed

1. 1.

   feeling or caused to feel ill at ease or self-conscious or ashamed

   “felt abashed at the extravagant praise”

   “chagrined at the poor sales of his book”

   “was embarrassed by her child's tantrums”

   Synonymsabashedchagrined

   Similardiscomposed
2. 2.

   made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride

   “too embarrassed to say hello to his drunken father on the street”

   “humiliated that his wife had to go out to work”

   “felt mortified by the comparison with her sister”

   Synonymshumiliatedmortified

   Similarashamed

Questions about embarrassed

What does embarrassed mean?

embarrassed means "feeling or caused to feel ill at ease or self-conscious or ashamed". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in embarrassed?

embarrassed has 3 syllables: embar-ras-sed. The stress falls on "ras". In IPA it is /ɪmˈbɛɹəst/.

What is another word for embarrassed?

Close synonyms include abashed, chagrined, humiliated, mortified. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is embarrassed a common word?

embarrassed is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.