embarrassment

Noun

Meaning

A state of being embarrassed; perplexity; impediment to freedom of action; entanglement; hindrance; confusion or discomposure of mind, as from not knowing what to do or to say; disconcertedness.

Difficulty or perplexity arising from the want of money to pay debts.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

confusion shame discomfort humiliation plethora disgrace chagrin mortification overplus unease awkwardness self-consciousness discomfiture superfluity derangement
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Antonyms

disembarrassment grace enlightenment serenity advantage solution
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Hypernyms

spirit excess trouble shame excessiveness inordinateness

Hyponyms

confusion redundancy humiliation chagrin mortification self-consciousness

Phrases with the word

feeling embarrassment feel embarrassment direct embarrassment embarrassment for not knowing the name fear of embarrassment in a state of embarrassment

Examples

Necessity relieves us from the embarrassment of choice. Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues

To my embarrassment I was born in bed with a lady. Wilson Mizner

The band broke up because I couldn't bear Rotten anymore because he was an embarrassment with his silly hats and his, like, shabby, dirty, nasty looking appearance. Sid Vicious

When an acquaintance goes by I often step back from my window, not so much to spare him the effort of acknowledging me as to spare myself the embarrassment of seeing that he has not done so. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

The rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment he can tolerate. Douglas Engelbart

I am here today to again apologize for the personal mistakes I have made and the embarrassment I have caused. I make this apology to my neighbors and my constituents, but I make it particularly to my wife, Huma. Anthony Weiner

Close letter words and terms

embarrassingly parallel embarrassingly stingy embarrassingness embarrassment for not knowing the name embarrassment of riches embase