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How to spell embarrassed

What it means: Feeling uncomfortable due to shame or self-consciousness.

In a sentence: She felt embarrassed when she tripped and everyone saw. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for double r and double s, and an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear. Often misspelled as embarassed or embarressed.

Same family: embarrassing, embarrassment, embarrass, self-conscious, ashamed. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Embarrassed” comes from the French word “embarrasser,” which originally meant to block or obstruct, like blocking a road. Over time, the meaning shifted to feeling blocked or uncomfortable inside, which is how we use it today for social awkwardness or shame.

Patterns it uses: The unstressed vowel (schwa)

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