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Embarrassed vs Flustered - What's the difference?

embarrassed | flustered |

As adjectives the difference between embarrassed and flustered

is that embarrassed is having a feeling of shameful discomfort while flustered is confused, befuddled, in a state of panic by having become overwrought with confusion.

As verbs the difference between embarrassed and flustered

is that embarrassed is past tense of embarrass while flustered is past tense of fluster.

embarrassed

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having a feeling of shameful discomfort.
    • After returning from the pool, Aleshia felt significantly better, though she was still slightly embarrassed .

    Derived terms

    * embarrassedly

    Verb

    (head)
  • (embarrass)

    • flustered

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Confused, befuddled, in a state of panic by having become overwrought with confusion.
    • The speaker became quite flustered when she dropped all her notes.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (fluster)

    • See also

    * fluster * catch off guard