meet sb's eye
Definition
› to look at someone directly while they are looking at you: I tried to avoid meeting his eye.Ashamed and embarrassed
(Definition of meet sb's eye from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- abashed adjective
- ashamed adjective
- awkward adjective (EMBARRASSING)
- awkwardly adverb (WITH EMBARRASSMENT)
- egg on sb's face idiom
- embarrassed adjective
- embarrassment noun
- hangdog adjective
- mortification noun
- mortified adjective
- mortifying adjective
- not know where to put yourself idiom
- not look sb in the eye/face idiom
- shamefaced adjective
- sheepish adjective
Topic:
Ashamed and embarrassed
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