Thesaurus:embarrassed

Thesaurus

embarrassed

English

Adjective

Sense: having a feeling of shameful discomfort

Synonyms

• abashed
• ashamed
• discombobulated
• embarrassed
• mortified (slang)
• red in the face
• shamed
• shamefaced
• scundered (Northern Ireland)

Antonyms

• honored
• proud
• unabashed

Hypernyms

• disgraced
• humiliated

Various

• blush
• cringe
•   —
• red as a beetroot

See also

• Thesaurus:humble
• Thesaurus:shame
• Thesaurus:shy

Further reading

• “874. disrepute” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “embarrassed” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.