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# embarrassed

«embarrassed» in Mova's school dictionary: **Feeling shy, awkward or a bit ashamed because of…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (embarrassed, more embarrassed, most embarrassed); also past of the verb embarrass (embarrass, embarrasses, embarrassed, embarrassing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Feeling shy, awkward or a bit ashamed because of something you did or something that happened in front of other people, often with a red face. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embarrassed/#m1)

2) Past of «embarrass»: made someone feel this way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embarrassed/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In health and feelings lessons it is one of the common emotions: everyone feels embarrassed sometimes — tripping in the playground, a wrong answer, a funny noise. Learning that mistakes are normal helps. In stories embarrassed characters blush, look down, or want to hide. Manners: don't laugh at someone who is embarrassed. Phrases: feel embarrassed, embarrassed about, embarrassed to say, go red.

### examples

- I was embarrassed when I tripped on the stage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embarrassed/#x1)
- He felt embarrassed about his answer, but the teacher said it was a good try. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embarrassed/#x2)
- She went red and looked embarrassed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embarrassed/#x3)
- Don't laugh at people when they're embarrassed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embarrassed/#x4)
- Mum embarrassed me by singing loudly in the shop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embarrassed/#x5)
- I'm too embarrassed to ask for help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embarrassed/#x6)
- Everyone feels embarrassed sometimes — it passes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embarrassed/#x7)
- ‘No, I can’t say I do,’ replied the King, somewhat embarrassed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embarrassed/#x8)

### note

Spelling trap: double «r» AND double «s»: embarrassed. «Embarrassed» = how you feel; «embarrassing» = what causes it (an embarrassing mistake). Not the same as «ashamed», which is stronger and about doing something wrong.

### In the corpora

- [Feeling embarrassed is normal; grown-ups have heard it before and will not think less of you.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/58-landing-on-an-18-film-by-accident/16/)
- [Some parents look embarrassed when a child asks about it; embarrassment is not anger, and asking was still right.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react/17/)
- [«Some of the stoats turned quite pink» — they were embarrassed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole/18/)
- [People feel embarrassed to say these plainly, so they use soft or funny words instead.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/7-wind-sick-and-runs/1/)
- ["Temporarily embarrassed" is an old-fashioned joke meaning out of money for now.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/19-money-and-poverty/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «embarrassed» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embarrassed/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.