embarrass
Example Sentences
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I didn’t realize it at the time, but there was also insecurity there: An American embarrassed by a rough, unsophisticated America, envious of Europe’s aristocratic polish.
“Bat embarrassed Lucca,” Israel said, really loudly, making Bat wish he had his earmuffs.
From Literature
"No need to embarrass the person who wrote this by reading her signature," he said.
From Literature
At an employee town hall Wednesday, D’Amaro described the moment as surreal and said he was initially embarrassed by his reaction.
“I apologize and regret putting myself in a position where emails, some of them embarrassing, tasteless, and indefensible, are now public, and that is on me,” Attia wrote.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
