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 →

2) Past of «embarrass»: made someone feel this way. tree →

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 →
• He felt embarrassed about his answer, but the teacher said it was a good try. tree →
• She went red and looked embarrassed. tree →
• Don't laugh at people when they're embarrassed. tree →
• Mum embarrassed me by singing loudly in the shop. tree →
• I'm too embarrassed to ask for help. tree →
• Everyone feels embarrassed sometimes — it passes. tree →
• ‘No, I can’t say I do,’ replied the King, somewhat embarrassed. tree →

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.
• Some parents look embarrassed when a child asks about it; embarrassment is not anger, and asking was still right.
• «Some of the stoats turned quite pink» — they were embarrassed.
• People feel embarrassed to say these plainly, so they use soft or funny words instead.
• "Temporarily embarrassed" is an old-fashioned joke meaning out of money for now.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «embarrassed» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.