Englishembarrass
verb
he was embarrassed by a front-page story which alleged that he had had an affair:
shame, humiliate, make ashamed, demean, abash;
mortify, horrify, appall, crush;
make uncomfortable, make awkward, make self-conscious, make uneasy;
upset, disconcert, discomfit, discompose, confuse, fluster, agitate, nonplus, discountenance, distress, chagrin;
discredit, dishonor;
informal show up, faze, rattle, discombobulate;
US, informal own.