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101blush — blush1 [ blʌʃ ] verb intransitive * 1. ) if you blush, your cheeks become red because you feel embarrassed or ashamed: A few of the girls were after me, he recalled, blushing slightly. 2. ) FORMAL to feel embarrassed or ashamed: blush to do… …
102ashamed — [[t]əʃe͟ɪmd[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: v link ADJ, usu ADJ of/about n, ADJ that If someone is ashamed, they feel embarrassed or guilty because of something they do or they have done, or because of their appearance. I felt incredibly ashamed of myself… …
103blush — 1 verb (I) 1 to become red in the face, usually because you are embarrassed: He blushes every time he speaks to her 2 to feel ashamed or embarrassed about something: blush to do sth: I blush to think of the things I did when I was younger. 3 the… …
104embarrass — embarrass, discomfit, abash, disconcert, rattle, faze mean to balk by confusing or confounding, but each word is capable of expressing precise and distinctive shades of meaning. Embarrass characteristically implies some influence which impedes… …
105embarrass */ — UK [ɪmˈbærəs] / US [ɪmˈberəs] verb [transitive] Word forms embarrass : present tense I/you/we/they embarrass he/she/it embarrasses present participle embarrassing past tense embarrassed past participle embarrassed 1) to make someone feel nervous …
106shame — I UK [ʃeɪm] / US noun ** 1) [singular] a reason for feeling sad or disappointed It seems a shame to waste all this food. It was a shame that you couldn t come with us. a great/crying/terrible shame: It would have been a crying shame if we had… …
107hot under the collar — adjective very angry • Similar to: ↑angry • Usage Domain: ↑colloquialism * * * (informal).See angry sense 1. → hot * * * hot under the collar …
108spare someone's blushes — spare/save/someone’s blushes phrase to prevent someone from being embarrassed or ashamed by doing or saying something, or by avoiding doing or saying something He scored at the last minute, and spared England’s blushes. Thesaurus: to not be… …
109em|bar|rass — «ehm BAR uhs», transitive verb. 1. to make uneasy and ashamed; make self conscious; fluster: »She embarrassed me by asking me if I really liked her. SYNONYM(S): discomfit, disconcert, abash. See syn. under confuse. (Cf. ↑confuse) 2. to involve in …
110chagrined — adj. feeling vexed, especially due to feeling inferior or unworthy and hence embarrassed; as, chagrined at the poor sales of his book. Syn: embarrassed, mortified. [WordNet 1.5] …
