secondhand embarrassment

Noun

Meaning

secondhand embarrassment (countable and uncountable, plural secondhand embarrassments)

personal embarrassment one feels on account of and for another who is making a fool of themselves

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

vicarious embarrassment empathic embarrassment

Close letter words and terms

secondhand bookseller secondhand bookshop secondhand car secondhand smoke secondhanded secondhandedly