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embarrassed
01
feeling ashamed and uncomfortable because of something that happened or was said
Grammatical Information
Composition
past participle adjective
qualitative
Superlative
most embarrassed
Comparative
more embarrassed
gradable
Examples
She felt embarrassed when she realized she had mispronounced the word.
02
placed in a difficult or obstructed position by external difficulties or complications
Examples
The embarrassed troops struggled to cross the flooded terrain.
Lexical Tree
unembarrassed
embarrassed
embarrass
