embarrassment
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3.1
- noun
- /ɪmˈbærəsmənt/
:
vergüenza
- The awkward silence after her mistake was a source of embarrassment for her.
- avoid embarrassment
- public embarrassment
- feelings of embarrassment
This is a massive embarrassment to Vladimir Putin.
- This is a massive embarrassment to Vladimir Putin.
- Setbacks can often result in shame, embarrassment, and isolation.
- When honest people say what's true, calmly and without embarrassment, they become powerful.
- I look back on those clips with with just embarrassment and and shame.
- Do you ever feel instant shame and embarrassment when posting on social media?
- For the most part, being treated differently brings about embarrassment and shame.
- It actually deactivates the stress, fear, embarrassment, shame, guilt circuit.
- The thing that kept me fired up was sheer embarrassment.
- I have the worst case of secondhand embarrassment.
- He is a laughing stock and an embarrassment.
- How do we express OH or embarrassment, guilt, pain?
- A lot of self doubt, a lot of embarrassment, shame, fears.
Examples
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In accepting his award, he said with great embarrassment, "I didn't do anything to deserve this."
Academic text (1990) -
Thus, she kept the student on task without embarrassment to the student or herself.
Academic text (1991) -
To save her the embarrassment of it.
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And we had a national embarrassment with an ad campaign.
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But I maybe would have been saved that embarrassment if the nurse had brought it up herself.
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"Well, that puts us in our places," I said to cover the embarrassment I felt.
Fiction book (1990) -
So we decided to spare ourselves any possible embarrassment.
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In fact, reading is more likely to be a cause of frustration and embarrassment for them.
Academic text (2012) -
I was one of those who suffered the embarrassment of failing the test the first time.
Academic text (1990) -
My eyes were watering with embarrassment and tears.
Synonyms
418
2.3
A painful feeling of guilt and embarrassment about something you did wrong
148
4.2
A feeling of shame and loss of respect for yourself after being made to look foolish
25
4.5
A feeling of embarrassment or discomfort in social situations
15
4.1
A short time when people feel uncomfortable or embarrassed
8
6.5
Feeling awkward because you think others are watching or judging you
2
8.6
A strong feeling of shame or deep embarrassment
1
6.5
Something that makes you feel embarrassed and uncomfortable
1
5.6
A feeling of being embarrassed and shy after making a mistake
1
3.9
Being shy and easily embarrassed around other people
A sudden feeling of embarrassment when people look at you
A feeling of being embarrassed and sorry after you do something wrong
Antonyms
Compounds
How Embarrassed
2
8.6
- Offensive
148
4.2
418
2.3
219
3.1
25
4.5
19
4.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Embarrassment originally meant 'being blocked' from an old French root related to bar. That's why when you feel embarrassment you feel awkward or 'blocked' and unable to act freely.