August 30, 2011 - Word of the Day: embarrass

This is a good choice for Word of the Day because it's such a common feeling among human beings. When you feel embarrassed, you feel shame, humiliation, discomfort, and shyness.

In the form of a verb, you can use it like this:

• The mistakes he made in the assignment embarrassed him.
• Her father embarrasses her whenever he speaks because his level of education is so low.
• It embarrasses me to wear these pants because there's a big hole near the back pocket.
• Please stop talking about that situation. It embassies me.

The word "embarrass" is commonly heard as an adjective. In that case, you can use "embarrassed" or "embarrassing."

• There were a few embarrassing moments during the wedding ceremony.
• His entire family feels embarrassed.
• This is so embarrassing.
• An embarrassed teacher admitted her mistakes to her students.

To make the noun, add "ment" to "embarrass."

• This is such an embarrassment.
• What an embarrassment!
• It will take several months for her to get over this embarrassment.
• The performance was terrible, and all the actors felt an enormous amount of embarrassment because they had not rehearsed their lines well enough.

He feels so embarrassed.

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