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| Main Entry: | embarrassed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in social difficulties |
| Synonyms: | abashed, ashamed, disconcerted, flustered |
| Main Entry: | embarrassed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in financial difficulties |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, insolvent, poor, in debt, straitened |
| Main Entry: | embarrass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause mental discomfort |
| Synonyms: | abash, agitate, annoy, bewilder, bother, bug, chagrin, confuse, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, distract, distress, disturb, dumbfound, faze, fluster, irk, let down*, mortify, nonplus, perplex, perturb, plague, puzzle, rattle, shame, show up*, stun, tease, throw, upset, catch one short, discombobulate, give a bad time, give a hard time, hang up*, make a monkey of, put in a hole, put in a spot, put on the spot, put out of countenance, throw into a tizzy |
| Antonyms: | comfort, gladden, help, please |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abashed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exhibiting mental discomfort, ill at ease |
| Synonyms: | ashamed, bewildered, confounded, confused, discombobulated*, disconcerted, embarrassed, humiliated, shamed, bugged, chagrined, crushed, fazed, fuddled, humbled, in a tizzy, mortified, rattled, taken aback |
| Antonyms: | composed, proud, at ease, emboldened, reassured |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ashamed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | regretting, remorseful |
| Synonyms: | abashed, apologetic, bashful, blushing, conscience-stricken, contrite, crestfallen, debased, disconcerted, distraught, distressed, embarrassed, guilty, hesitant, humble, humiliated, meek, muddled, penitent, regretful, reluctant, repentant, shamed, shamefaced, sheepish, shy, sorry, submissive, chagrined, compunctious, demeaned, discomfited, flustered, humbled, mortified, stammering, stuttering |
| Antonyms: | bold, defiant, immodest, shameless, not sorry, unregretful, unremorseful, unself-conscious |
| Main Entry: | bashful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shy |
| Synonyms: | abashed, backward, blushing, chary, confused, coy, demure, diffident, embarrassed, humble, modest, nervous, reserved, reticent, retiring, self-conscious, shamefaced, sheepish, shrinking, silent, timid, timorous, blushful, constrained, overmodest, recoiling, self-effacing, unassertive, verecund |
| Antonyms: | confident, unabashed, unshy |
| Main Entry: | disconcerted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confused; shaken |
| Synonyms: | annoyed, bewildered, distracted, disturbed, embarrassed, mixed-up, perturbed, thrown, troubled, unsettled, upset, caught off balance, come apart, fazed, flustered, in botheration, messed-up, nonplussed, out of countenance, psyched-out, rattled, ruffled, shook-up, spaced-out, taken aback, unglued, unzipped |
| Antonyms: | calm, composed, concerted, soothed, unworried |
| Main Entry: | flushed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pink, glowing |
| Synonyms: | ablaze, animated, blushing, burning, crimson, elated, embarrassed, enthused, exhilarated, feverish, florid, full-blooded, high, hot, inspired, intoxicated, red, rosy, rubicund, ruddy, sanguine, thrilled, aroused, rutilant, rutilous |
| Antonyms: | pale, pallid |
| Main Entry: | self-conscious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insecure with oneself |
| Synonyms: | affected, anxious, artificial, awkward, bashful, diffident, embarrassed, mannered, nervous, shamefaced, sheepish, shy, stiff, stilted, uncertain, uncomfortable, uneasy, unsure, discomfited, ill-at-ease, out of countenance |
| Antonyms: | assured, secure, sure, unself-conscious |
| Main Entry: | strained |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | forced, pretended |
| Synonyms: | artificial, awkward, difficult, embarrassed, false, farfetched, labored, put, self-conscious, stiff, taut, tense, tight, uncomfortable, uneasy, unnatural, uptight, wired*, wreck*, at end of rope, choked, constrained, hard put, in a state, nervous wreck, strung out, unglued, unrelaxed |
| Antonyms: | genuine, unforced |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blushing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | turning red |
| Synonyms: | ashamed, bashful, embarrassed, flushed, humiliated, blushful, flushing, red-faced, reddening |
| Antonyms: | arrogant, bold, immodest |
| Main Entry: | humiliated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | humbled |
| Synonyms: | abashed, ashamed, disgraced, embarrassed, mortified |
| Main Entry: | shamed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disgraced |
| Synonyms: | abashed, ashamed, embarrassed, guilty, humiliated, shamefaced, chagrined, mortified |
| Main Entry: | involved |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | implicated in action |
| Synonyms: | affected, caught, concerned, eat sleep and breathe, embarrassed, embroiled, enmeshed, entangled, hooked, immersed in, incriminated, interested, into, knee-deep in, mixed up in, mixed up with, occupied, participating, taking part in, tangled, up to here in, up to one's neck in |
| Antonyms: | blameless, exonerated |
| Main Entry: | uncomfortable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | distressed, upset |
| Synonyms: | angry, annoyed, awkward, cheerless, confused, disturbed, embarrassed, exhausted, fatigued, harsh, hurt, ill at ease, miserable, nervous, pained, restless, self-conscious, sore, stiff, strained, suffering, tired, troubled, uneasy, weary, worn, wretched, aching, anguished, chafed, comfortless, discomfited, discomposed, disquieted, galled, in pain, smarting, vexed, wracked |
| Antonyms: | comfortable, content, happy |
| Main Entry: | awkward |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | embarrassing |
| Synonyms: | delicate, difficult, embarrassed, ill at ease, inconvenient, inopportune, painful, perplexing, sticky*, thorny*, ticklish*, troublesome, trying, uncomfortable, unpleasant, untimely, compromising |
| Antonyms: | clever |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | baffle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perplex |
| Synonyms: | amaze, astound, befuddle, bewilder, confound, confuse, daze, disconcert, dumbfound, elude, embarrass, faze, floor*, get, mix up, muddle, mystify, nonplus, puzzle, rattle, stick*, stump*, stun, throw, addle, buffalo |
| Antonyms: | clear up, enlighten, explain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | beset |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plague; hem in |
| Synonyms: | aggress, assail, attack, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, besiege, bug*, circle*, compass, dog*, drive up the wall, embarrass, encircle, enclose, encompass, entangle, environ, fall on, fall upon, girdle, give a bad time, give a hard time, give one the business, give the needle, harass, harry, hassle, infest, invade, jump on one's case, nag, nudge, overrun, perplex, pester, pick on, put the squeeze on, ride, ring, start in on, storm, strike, surround |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bother |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | harass, annoy; give trouble |
| Synonyms: | afflict, aggravate, agitate, alarm, badger, bedevil, bore, browbeat, concern, cross, discommode, disconcert, disgust, dismay, displease, disquiet, distress, disturb, eat, embarrass, exacerbate, exasperate, goad, grieve, harry, hinder, hurt, impede, inconvenience, insult, irk, irritate, molest, nag, needle, nudge, pain, perplex, perturb, pester, pick on, plague, provoke, pursue, put out, ride, scare, spite, tantalize, taunt, tease, torment, trouble, upset, vex, worry, carp at, grate on, intrude upon |
| Antonyms: | aid, help, please |
| Main Entry: | chagrin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause displeasure |
| Synonyms: | abash, annoy, confuse, crush, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, disgrace, dismay, displease, disquiet, dissatisfy, embarrass, humiliate, irk, irritate, mortify, peeve, perturb, shame, upset, vex |
| Antonyms: | delight, please, make happy |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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