- abashed, chagrined, embarrassed - 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"
Antonym: composed (indirect, via discomposed)
- humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase - cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
--1 is one way to hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun chagrin1
The performance is likely to chagrin Sue