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. Al Martin:

   It can be a little stigmatic, but as long as you make a good hurricane, you shouldn’t be embarrassed to serve it, it embodies everything about New Orleans. It’s a strong drink, it packs a punch and it will get you where you want to go in a hurry.

2. Nicole Daniel:

   Many times the students may come in because they're embarrassed, they don't look the same, somebody's complaining about a body odor. I would say,' OK, baby, then we're going to have to do it the old way.' We have soap, we have water. But now with this laundry room we don't have to do that.

3. Joseph Klipple/Getty Images:

   So, for every one of us, we may have a different reason why we feel low, depressed, anxious… a lot of these things, if you really are unhappy, we do need to be able to tender ourselves and go to a doctor. Don’t be embarrassed. Mental health is real… we never [should] be ashamed to say, ‘I’m feeling sad.’.

4. Michael Singleton:

   I was embarrassed a little bit, until she just started talking to me when we got home, (She was) just telling me she did it because she cared about me. And it wasn't to embarrass me, but because she cared.

5. Andrei Doroshin:

   The city needs a scapegoat for why they botched the vaccine effort, they probably think they're embarrassed because a 22-year-old did a better job than they did.