Word Type

Noun

The word "embarrassment" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

disembarrassment

Causes

blushing

Coordinate Terms

flock herd school

Derived Terms

criterion of embarrassment disembarrassment e-barrassment embarrassment of riches empathic embarrassment how embarrassment inductive embarrassment secondhand embarrassment unembarrassment vicarious embarrassment

Derived From

embarrass

Context

medical

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

emotional state excess excessiveness inordinateness shame spirit trouble

Type Of (IsA)

displeasure emotional state shame trouble

Related Terms

bashfulness confusion discomfort embarrass embarrassed embarrassing embarrassingly financial hesitation humiliation poverty

Synonym Network

overplus

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