embarrass
verb (used with object)
to cause confusion and shame to; make uncomfortably self-conscious; disconcert; abash.
embarrassedly
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a word derived from
embarrass.
Example Sentences
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Later, as they talk about Reconstruction and Jim Crow, he gets more and more frustrated, twisting in his chair as the kids sitting around him laugh embarrassedly: Here he goes again.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2021
When I first began having these dreams last spring, I embarrassedly shared them with a colleague.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2021
Denzel embodies vulnerability and frustration in this scene, stuttering embarrassedly while Scott’s camera circles him intensely.
From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2014
My mother would just embarrassedly say, ‘Oh Joe.’
From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2011
She waved and the soldier smiled embarrassedly and gave a wave of his hand.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
