EMBARRASS: The
American Sign Language (ASL) sign for "embarrass / embarrassed"
The sign for "embarrassed" has several versions.
To do the general sign for embarrassed, alternate moving your hands upward
alongside your head as if showing the blood rushing up into your face as you
are feeling embarrassed. Use a bit of a rotating movement for each hand (up,
forward a bit, down, back a bit).
EMBARRASSED (main version)
Sample sentence: EMBARRASS EASY YOU? (Do you embarrass easily?)
Another version of "embarrassed" is based on the concept of "going red in the face."
This sign is a combination of "red" and "level rise up."
"RED-FACE-RISE-UP" = "Go red in the face from
embarrassment."
There is another version that also means to go red in the face. It means "blush."
Some people precede this sign with the sign "red." (Like in the
version above.)
BLUSH:
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