Embarrassment

/ɪmˈbæɹ.əs.mənt/

Synonyms for "embarrassment" (236 found)

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Closest matches (48)

abasement abashment absorption agitation awkwardness baffle bafflement bashfulness befuddlement bewilderment bind bother botherationbroken fortuneburden burthen cargo chagrin chaos charge

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cloud clumsiness clutch comedown complication confoundment confusion constraint coyness cross crunch cumbrance daze deadweight debasement deflation demureness demurity descent difficulties difficulty dilemma

Noun(6 words)

awkwardnessbe tongue-tiedchagrining chagrinning chagrins cringe

Strong matches (70)

disadvantage discombobulation discomfiture discomfort discomposure disconcert disconcertedness disconcertion disconcertment discountenance disgrace disorder disorganization disorientation distress disturbance dumpembarrassing positionencumbrance engagement

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enigma enmeshment entanglement excessfine how-do-you-dofine kettle of fishfix flummox flurry fluster flutter fog freight frenzy fuddle fuddlementgenteel povertyhamper handicaphangdog lookhard pinchhardship hazehell to payhobblehot waterhow-do-you-dohumbled pridehumiliation imbroglio impecuniosity impecuniousness impediment impedimenta implication imposition inclusion inconvenience insolvency involution

Noun(10 words)

discomfits discomfort discomforts discommoding disgrace dishonor flustering humiliating humiliation humiliations

Related words (118)

involvement jam jumble letdownlight purseload lumber maze mess mist mix morass mortification mousiness muddle muddlement mysterynarrow meansnonplus onus

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oversupply packparlous straitspass penalty perplexity perturbation pickle pinch plight poorness pother poverty predicamentpretty passpretty picklepretty predicamentproblem profusion puckerput downput-down puzzle puzzlement quagmire quandary quicksand relation remorse riddle ruffle scandal scrape self-abasement self-abnegation self-consciousness self-diminishment setdown shame shamefacedness shamefastness shuffle shyness skittishnessslender meansslough spot squeezestage frightstagefright stammering stewsticky wicketstrain straitstraitened circumstancesstraits superabundance superfluity surplus swamp sweat swivettight spottight squeezetightrope timidity timidness timorousness tizzytricky spottrouble unassuredness unease uneasinessunholy messunprosperousness unsettlement upset vexationvoluntary povertyvows of povertyweightwhite elephant

Noun(14 words)

loss of facemortification overplus plethora pratfallreputation damageself consciousnessshame shames shaming sheepishness squirming squirms superfluity

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More general

12 entries

cultural constructemotionemotional stateevent excess excessiveness incident inordinateness shamesocial phenomenonspirit trouble

More specific

6 entries

awkwardnesshumiliating incidentloss of facemortificationreputation damagesocial slip

Collocations

6 entries

acute embarrassmentloss of facemild embarrassmentpublic embarrassmentsocial embarrassmentsource of embarrassment

Inflections

1 entries

embarrassments

Derivations

5 entries

embarrass embarrassed embarrassing embarrassingly embarrassments

Antonyms

1 entries

disembarrassment

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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I was feverish with embarrassment.

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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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