embarrassed

gêné, embarrassé

Qui se sent mal à l’aise ou honteux à cause de ses actes ou de ce que les autres ont remarqué.

En anglais simple : Feeling ashamed or uncomfortable because of something you did or something others noticed about you.

• I felt embarrassed when I fell.
• She was embarrassed about forgetting his name.
• Are you embarrassed to talk about it?

Comment l'utiliser : embarrassed about something (He was embarrassed about his mistake.); embarrassed by something (She was embarrassed by all the attention.); embarrassed to do something (I was embarrassed to ask for help.)

Synonymes : ashamed, self-conscious

Expressions courantes : feel embarrassed, embarrassed about something, embarrassed by something