Embarrassment · common
embarrassed
The public burn: seen wrong, face announcing it in color.
- On the face
- Hot cheeks, pressed lips, eyes pinned down.
- Ink recipe
- happy 95 · disgusted 65 · afraid 60 · sad 45 · angry 10 · suppression 5
More on being embarrassed
Embarrassed is being seen wrong and having your own face announce it in color, the blush being the cruelest tell there is. From a word meaning 'to block': you are, briefly, jammed.