to squirm with embarrassment
1squirm — [skwə:m US skwə:rm] v [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Perhaps copying the action] 1.) to twist your body from side to side because you are uncomfortable or nervous, or to get free from something which is holding you = ↑wriggle ▪ Christine squirmed… …
2embarrassment — noun 1 feeling of being embarrassed ADJECTIVE ▪ acute, considerable, great ▪ total, utter ▪ slight ▪ She smiled to hide her slight embarr …
3squirm — [[t]skwɜ͟ː(r)m[/t]] squirms, squirming, squirmed 1) VERB If you squirm, you move your body from side to side, usually because you are nervous or uncomfortable. He had squirmed and wriggled and screeched when his father had washed his face... [V… …
4squirm — verb ADVERB ▪ uncomfortably ▪ silently ▪ visibly VERB + SQUIRM ▪ make sb ▪ The very mention of her singing made her squirm …
5embarrassment — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The condition of being embarrassed] Syn. confusion, chagrin, mortification, discomfiture, shame, humiliation, abashment, discomposure, discomfort, disconcertment, disconcertion, bashfulness, self consciousness, shyness,… …
6squirm — 1. verb /skwɜːm,skwɝːm/ a) To twist one’s body with snakelike motions. The prisoner managed to squirm out of the straitjacket. b) To twist in discomfort, especially from shame or …
7squirm — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. twist, turn, thrash (about); wriggle, writhe. See agitation, excitement. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. wriggle, twist, fidget; see wiggle . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. wiggle, wriggle, writhe,… …
8squirm — v. & n. v.intr. 1 wriggle, writhe. 2 show or feel embarrassment or discomfiture. n. a squirming movement. Derivatives: squirmer n. squirmy adj. (squirmier, squirmiest). Etymology: imit., prob. assoc. with WORM …
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10writhe — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. wriggle, squirm, twist, contort. See distortion, pain. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. contort, move painfully, squirm, distort, suffer, twist and turn, undergo agony, turn with pain, throw a fit*. Ant.… …
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