I was feverish with embarrassment.
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Embarrassment
//ɪmˈbæɹ.əs.mənt//
Synonyms for "embarrassment" (213 found)
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Closest matches (43)
Strong matches (64)
discombobulationdiscomfiturediscomfortdiscomposuredisconcertdisconcertednessdisconcertiondisconcertmentdiscountenancedisgracedisorderdisorganizationdisorientationdistressdisturbancedumpembarrassing positionencumbranceengagementenigma
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enmeshmententanglementexcessfine how-do-you-dofine kettle of fishfixflummoxflurryflusterflutterfogfreightfrenzyfuddlefuddlementgenteel povertyhamperhandicaphangdog lookhard pinchhardshiphazehell to payhobblehot waterhow-do-you-dohumbled pridehumiliationimbroglioimpecuniosityimpecuniousnessimpedimentimpedimentaimplicationimpositioninclusioninconvenienceinsolvencyinvolutioninvolvementjamjumble
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letdownlight purseloadlumbermazemessmistmixmorassmortificationmousinessmuddlemuddlementmysterynarrow meansnonplusobstructiononusoverplusoversupply
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packparlous straitspasspenaltyperplexityperturbationpicklepinchplightpoornesspotherpovertypredicamentpretty passpretty picklepretty predicamentproblemprofusionpuckerput downput-downpuzzlepuzzlementquagmirequandaryquicksandrelationremorseriddlerufflescandalscrapeself-abasementself-abnegationself-consciousnessself-diminishmentsetdownshameshamefacednessshamefastnessshuffleshynessskittishnessslender meanssloughspotsqueezestage frightstagefrightstammeringstewsticky wicketstrainstraitstraitened circumstancesstraitssuperabundancesuperfluitysurplusswampsweatswivettight spottight squeezetightropetimiditytimidnesstimorousnesstizzytricky spottroubleunassurednessuneaseuneasinessunholy messunprosperousnessunsettlementupsetvexationvoluntary povertyvows of povertyweightwhite elephant
Noun(3 words)
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11 entriesTranslations
67 translations across 27 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- إحْرَاج noun (state of discomfort)
Belarusian
2 entries- збянтэ́жанасць noun (state of discomfort)
- со́рам noun (state of discomfort)
Bulgarian
4 entries- объркване noun (state of confusion)
- притеснение noun (state of discomfort)
- смущение noun (state of confusion)
- стеснение noun (state of discomfort)
Campidanese Sardinian
1 entries- barrancu noun (state of discomfort)
Catalan
1 entries- avergonyiment noun (state of discomfort)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- تەریقی noun (state of discomfort)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 困窘 noun (state of confusion)
Dutch
1 entries- verlegenheid noun (state of discomfort)
Esperanto
1 entries- embaraso noun (state of discomfort)
Finnish
4 entries- hämmennys noun (state of confusion)
- häpeä noun (state of discomfort)
- häpeäksi noun (person whose actions cause humiliation)
- häpeäpilkku noun (person whose actions cause humiliation)
French
3 entries- embarras noun (state of discomfort)
- embarras noun (state of confusion)
- honte (de) noun (person whose actions cause humiliation)
German
4 entries- Betretenheit noun (state of discomfort)
- Peinlichkeit noun (state of discomfort)
- Verlegenheit noun (state of discomfort)
- Verlegenheit noun (state of confusion)
Greek
1 entries- ντρόπιασμα noun (state of discomfort)
Hindi
2 entries- शर्म noun (state of discomfort)
- शर्मिंदगी noun (state of discomfort)
Italian
1 entries- imbarazzo noun (state of discomfort)
Māori
2 entries- aniutanga noun (state of discomfort)
- aniutanga noun (state of discomfort)
Norwegian
4 entries- forlegenhet noun (state of discomfort)
- sjenanse noun (state of discomfort)
- sjenerthet noun (state of discomfort)
- unnseelse noun (state of discomfort)
Polish
1 entries- zażenowanie noun (state of discomfort)
Portuguese
2 entries- vergonha noun (state of discomfort)
- vergonha noun (person whose actions cause humiliation)
Romanian
1 entries- jenă noun (state of discomfort)
Russian
4 entries- замеша́тельство noun (state of confusion)
- затрудне́ние noun (state of confusion)
- позо́р noun (person whose actions cause humiliation)
- позо́рище noun (person whose actions cause humiliation)
Sicilian
1 entries- mpicciu noun (state of discomfort)
Spanish
4 entries- ahueve noun (state of discomfort)
- avergonzamiento noun (state of discomfort)
- bochorno noun (state of discomfort)
- correncia noun (state of discomfort)
Tagalog
1 entries- dalang-hiya noun (state of discomfort)
Ukrainian
2 entries- збенте́ження noun (state of discomfort)
- со́ром noun (state of discomfort)
Unami
1 entries- mixanësëwakàn noun (state of discomfort)
Yiddish
2 entries- שאַנדע noun (state of discomfort)
- שאַנדע noun (person whose actions cause humiliation)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
He turned away from them in embarrassment.
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He noticed her embarrassment.
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To her embarrassment, her baby never stopped crying.
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