embarrassed

embarrassed
adj
1. abashed, chagrined, nonplused, humiliated, mortified, put down, humbled; disconcerted, discomforted, uncomfortable, ill-at-ease, discomfited, discomposed, upset, flustered; ashamed, shamefaced, blushing, flush, flushed, red-faced, red in the face, Inf. red, [have] egg on one's face; self-conscious, awkward, clumsy, sheepish, shrinking, timid.
2. confused, at a loss, on the horns of a dilemma, between the devil and the deep blue sea, in a bind; Inf. between a rock and a hard place, Inf. in a fix, Inf. in a scrape, Inf. in a pickle, Inf. in hot water, squirming, wriggling, pinned to the wall, Sl. in for it.
3.(all financially) straitened, in debt, in the red, insolvent, impecunious, Inf. hard-up, Inf. broke, Inf pinched, Inf. short.

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