Synonyms for embarrassed
em·bar·rassed

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1. abashed, chagrined, embarrassedadjective

   feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious

   "felt abashed at the extravagant praise"; "chagrined at the poor sales of his book"; "was embarrassed by her child's tantrums"

   Synonyms:
   humiliated, abashed, mortified, chagrined

   Antonyms:
   unashamed, composed

2. embarrassed, humiliated, mortifiedadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   gangrenous, low, broken, abashed, chagrined, mortified, humbled, crushed, humiliated

   Antonyms:
   unashamed, composed

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1. List of paraphrases for "embarrassed":

   ashamed, bashful, hampered, shame, embarrassing, uncomfortable, shy, hindered, awkward, bothered, annoyed, impeded, constrained, humiliated

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1. Andrew Miltenberg:

   She is not sorry, only embarrassed in her social circles. Instead of more half-truths and fabrications, Ms. Kent-Cooke, how about an apology.

2. Sandeep Amin:

   I felt so embarrassed so I decided that it was going to be a bad birthday celebration and suggested to my wife that we would be better off leaving such a rude place.

3. Anthony Fauci:

   [T]he Chinese are very closed, in a way of being very reluctant, particularly when you have a disease that evolves in their country, they become extremely secretive, even though there’s no reason to be secretive, i think they were very concerned and maybe embarrassed that the virus evolved from their country but there’s nothing wrong with that.

4. Ken Dodd:

   Laughter is the greatest music in the world and audiences come to my shows to escape the cares of life. They don't want to be embarrassed or insulted. They want to laugh and so do I - which is probably why it works.

5. David Letterman:

   I don’t miss late-night television, and I’m a little embarrassed that, for 33 years, it was the laser focus of my life.