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adj. feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious; "felt abashed at the extravagant praise"; "chagrined at the poor sales of his book"; "was embarrassed by her child's tantrums"

ashamed(p)

adj. feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse; "are you ashamed for having lied?"; "felt ashamed of my torn coat"

broken, crushed, humbled, humiliated, low

adj. subdued or brought low in condition or status; "brought low"; "a broken man"; "his broken spirit"

at a loss(p), nonplused, nonplussed, puzzled

adj. filled with bewilderment; "at a loss to understand those remarks"; "puzzled that she left without saying goodbye"

rippled, ruffled

adj. shaken into waves or undulations as by wind; "the rippled surface of the pond"; "with ruffled flags flying"

uneasy

adj. relating to bodily unease that causes discomfort

apprehensive

adj. in fear or dread of possible evil or harm; "apprehensive for one's life"; "apprehensive of danger"

disruptive, riotous, troubled, tumultuous, turbulent

adj. characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination; "effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive"; "riotous times"; "these troubled areas"; "the tumultuous years of his administration"; "a turbulent and unruly childhood"

uncomfortable, strange, ill at ease, reserved

adj. physically or mentally ill at ease: "ill at ease with strangers"; "felt strange in the presence of men who talked excitedly of ... battle"

blushful, blushing(a), red-faced

adj. having a red face from embarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional upset; "the blushing boy was brought before the Principal"; "her blushful beau"; "was red-faced with anger"

bothered, daunted, fazed

adj. caused to show discomposure; "refused to be fazed by the objections"

discombobulated, disconcerted

adj. having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion; "the hecklers pelted the discombobulated speaker with anything that came to hand"; "looked at each other dumbly, quite disconcerted"- G.B.Shaw

unstrung

adj. emotionally upset; "the incident left him unstrung and incapable of rational effort"

flustered, hot and bothered(p), perturbed, rattled

adj. thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term)

composed

adj. serenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stress; "the performer seemed completely composed as she stepped onto the stage"; "I felt calm and more composed than I had in a long time"

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