embarrassed
adjective
em·bar·rassed
im-ˈber-əst 
-ˈba-rəst
: feeling or showing a state of self-conscious confusion and distress
I've never been so embarrassed in my life.
was too embarrassed to ask for help
an embarrassed smile
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That was the reaction of pretty much every player and jury member on Wednesday’s penultimate episode of Survivor 49, when a new wrinkle in the game left one person beaming (but not for long) and another contestant completely, by her own words, embarrassed.
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Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Dec. 2025
Everyone seems embarrassed, but Burr is doubling, tripling down.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025
Iesha Shepard, 34, was initially embarrassed to ask for help.
—James Pollard, Fortune, 10 Dec. 2025
Everyone involved in these snowflake-fluffing spectacles should be deeply embarrassed—if only the concept of shame still existed in GOP politics.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
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Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Dec. 2025
Everyone seems embarrassed, but Burr is doubling, tripling down.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025
Iesha Shepard, 34, was initially embarrassed to ask for help.
—James Pollard, Fortune, 10 Dec. 2025
Everyone involved in these snowflake-fluffing spectacles should be deeply embarrassed—if only the concept of shame still existed in GOP politics.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
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“Embarrassed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/embarrassed. Accessed 18 Dec. 2025.
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