What is another word for embarrassment?
827 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɛmbˈaɹəsmənt], [ ɛmbˈaɹəsmənt], [ ɛ_m_b_ˈa_ɹ_ə_s_m_ə_n_t]
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Similar words for embarrassment:
- bad name (noun)
- chagrin (noun)
- confusion (noun)
- constraint (noun)
- contretemps (noun)
- crisis (noun)
- defeat (noun)
- difficulty (noun)
- dilemma (noun)
- discomfort (noun)
- discomposure (noun)
- distress (noun)
- egg on one's face (noun)
- embarrassment (noun)
- entanglement (noun)
- event (noun)
- fiasco (noun)
- humiliation (noun)
- humiliation, shame (noun)
- imbroglio (noun)
- licking (noun)
- mortification (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- poverty (noun)
- quandary (noun)
- riddle (noun)
- rout (noun)
- scrape (noun)
- strait (noun)
- superfluousness (noun)
- uneasiness (noun)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Embarrassment:
n.
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- awkwardness,
- barrier,
- brake,
- flurry,
- bashfulness,
- shyness,
- discomfiture,
- problem,
- discombobulation,
- fluster,
- humiliation,
- discomposure.
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- indebtedness,
- gaucherie,
- puzzle,
- mistake,
- uncertainty,
- faux pas,
- indiscretion,
- hot water,
- involvement,
- plight,
- pickle,
- obligation,
- dilemma,
- Impecuniosity,
- default,
- pinch,
- intricacy,
- debt,
- ignominy,
- clumsiness,
- tangle,
- blunder.
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- pain.
- dis-credit,
- bad odors,
- bad-name,
- dis-credits,
- dis-repute,
- dis credits,
- dis repute,
- dis-reputes,
- dis credit,
- dis reputes.
- dis-quiet,
- up-set,
- dis satisfactions,
- dis-quiets,
- dis satisfaction,
- dis quiets,
- illhumors,
- fretfulnesses,
- dis quiet,
- dis-mays,
- ill humors,
- dis may,
- illhumor,
- dis mays,
- ill-humors,
- dis-may,
- dis-satisfaction,
- up sets,
- up-sets,
- dis-satisfactions.
- dis tractions,
- be-fuddling,
- disturbings,
- un settling,
- un-settlings,
- dis orientations,
- dis-arranging,
- confoundings,
- disarrangings,
- de-moralizations,
- perplexings,
- abashings,
- dis-orientations,
- be-wilderment,
- embroilings,
- upsettings,
- up-settings,
- up-setting,
- Clutterings,
- up settings,
- up setting,
- be-wilderments,
- de moralizations,
- befuddlings,
- be wilderment,
- un settlings,
- discomfitings,
- de moralization,
- mixup mystifications,
- dis orientation,
- de-moralization,
- un-settling,
- stirring ups,
- obscurings,
- unsettlings,
- be wilderments,
- tanglings,
- dis-orientation,
- dis-traction,
- dis traction,
- dumbfoundings,
- be fuddling,
- embarrassings,
- dis arranging,
- dis-tractions.
- mis fortune,
- mis fortunes,
- mis adventures,
- mis adventure,
- mis-adventure,
- mis-fortunes,
- mis-adventures.
- Exigencies,
- big trouble,
- urgency,
- predicaments,
- Cross-road,
- cross-roads,
- height,
- hour of decision,
- hot potato.
- Whaling,
- subjugations,
- non-success,
- trouncings,
- massacre,
- lacings,
- Insuccess,
- nonsuccess,
- killing,
- Vanquishment,
- subjugation,
- Downthrow,
- waxings,
- kos,
- thrashing.
- TODO,
- vicissitude,
- bafflement,
- hangup,
- to do.
- in-quietudes,
- in-quietude,
- dis-comfort,
- un pleasantness,
- dis-comforts,
- dis comfort,
- dis comforts,
- un pleasantnesses,
- un-pleasantnesses,
- dis pleasure,
- in quietude,
- in quietudes,
- dis-pleasure,
- un-pleasantness,
- dis pleasures,
- dis-pleasures.
- dis orders,
- dis-composures,
- dis order,
- dis-composure,
- dis-order,
- dis composure,
- dis-orders,
- dis composures.
- dis tresses,
- dis appointments,
- dis-appointment,
- dis-quietude,
- de solation,
- dis tress,
- dis-tress,
- dis-tresses,
- unconsolabilities,
- un happinesses,
- un-happiness,
- un-happinesses,
- de-solation,
- dis-appointments,
- dis appointment,
- dis-quietudes,
- worriments,
- un happiness,
- de solations,
- head-ache,
- dis quietude,
- de-solations,
- dis quietudes.
- self consciousness,
- egg face,
- self consciousnesses,
- egg-face,
- red faces,
- egg ones face,
- egg on ones face,
- self-consciousnesses,
- egg on one face,
- selfconsciousnesses,
- selfconsciousness,
- egg one's face,
- look foolishes,
- egg one face.
- dumb tricks,
- mis carriage,
- dumb thing do,
- botched situations,
- mis carriages,
- mis-carriages,
- mis-carriage.
- bind,
- complexity,
- disconcertion,
- poverty,
- destitution,
- boo boo,
- hot seat,
- unease,
- hitch,
- snag,
- stew,
- mess.
- dis honor,
- dis-honors,
- dis-honor,
- humblings,
- de gradation,
- dis-graces,
- dis grace,
- dis honors,
- dis-grace,
- dis graces,
- de gradations,
- de-gradations,
- loss face,
- bring downs,
- de-gradation.
- supererogation,
- mixup mystification,
- awkward situation,
- superfluousness,
- over-runs,
- defeat,
- egg on face,
- over-supply,
- overkill,
- ill-humor,
- mortification,
- entrapments,
- quandary,
- double bind,
- tight corner,
- fulsomeness,
- difficulty,
- ill humor,
- too much of a good thing,
- embarrassing,
- overweights,
- self-consciousness,
- redundance,
- stumpers,
- crisis,
- complication,
- excessiveness,
- contretemps,
- botched situation,
- nimiety,
- rebus,
- dumb thing to do,
- double trouble,
- fix,
- putdown,
- teasers,
- bad name,
- strait,
- tribulation,
- knock-down-drag-out,
- worriment,
- constraint,
- tough proposition,
- uneasiness,
- knotty question,
- bickerings,
- uncomfortableness,
- crushings,
- dyspathy,
- queasiness,
- Recrement,
- teaser,
- entrapment,
- redundances,
- bad odor,
- disorientations,
- the limit,
- overdose,
- fiasco,
- stumper,
- imbroglio,
- Rebuses,
- mind-boggler,
- dumb trick,
- mixup,
- inhibition,
- tough nut to crack,
- distress,
- loss of face,
- obstacles,
- up set,
- timidity,
- up a tree,
- look foolish,
- luxuriance,
- choke point,
- braintwister,
- miff,
- pother,
- ensnarement,
- entanglement,
- red face,
- shutout,
- disorientation,
- rout,
- shutouts,
- stirring up,
- over-run,
- Addlings,
- headache,
- chagrin,
- blurrings,
- head ache,
- mindboggler,
- hang up,
- tight spot,
- over-abundance,
- flack,
- fretfulness,
- Overdoses,
- sixty-four dollar question,
- over-supplies,
- visitation,
- closed book,
- discomfort,
- unconsolability,
- flacks,
- scrape,
- labyrinth,
- brain-twister,
- byproduct.
- insolvency,
- Beggarliness,
- lack,
- insufficiency,
- homelessness,
- dearth,
- indigence,
- paucity,
- impoverishment,
- hardship,
- want,
- tenuity,
- bankruptcy,
- pauperism,
- pennilessness,
- mendicancy,
- privation,
- asceticism,
- famine,
- poorness,
- penury.
- un-certainties,
- up a trees,
- un certainty,
- un-certainty,
- up tree,
- double troubles,
- up trees,
- un certainties.
- mind-bogglers,
- brain-twisters,
- tough nut crack,
- braintwisters,
- tough propositions,
- re buses,
- sixtyfour dollar question,
- brain twisters,
- re-buses,
- closed books,
- brain twister,
- sixtyfour dollar questions,
- mindbogglers,
- mind boggler,
- sixty-four dollar questions,
- sixty four dollar question,
- knotty questions,
- mind bogglers,
- sixty four dollar questions.
- over-throw,
- re-treat,
- over throws,
- over-throws,
- re treats,
- hidings,
- clobberings,
- re-treats,
- over throw.
- over supplies,
- over loads,
- luxuriances,
- nimieties,
- pro-fusion,
- over-flow,
- over flow,
- fulsomenesses,
- over weight,
- too much of good thing,
- too muches,
- too much good thing,
- super abundances,
- over muches,
- over-abundances,
- over doses,
- over kill,
- pro fusions,
- re fuse,
- over abundances,
- the limits,
- over flows,
- over-muches,
- pro-fusions,
- over weights,
- over dose,
- super-abundance,
- over abundance,
- over-doses,
- supererogations,
- over kills,
- recrements,
- re fuses,
- over-weights,
- over-loads,
- super-abundances,
- over-flows,
- over-weight,
- over-kill,
- re-fuse,
- by product,
- too much a good thing,
- over supply,
- over runs,
- over much,
- over-load,
- over-dose.
- mis giving,
- dis content,
- dis-beliefs,
- dis beliefs,
- re morse,
- in-stabilities,
- queasinesses,
- un easiness,
- dis-belief,
- uncomfortablenesses,
- dis-contents,
- in stabilities,
- dis contents,
- re-morses,
- mis-giving,
- re-morse,
- un comfortableness,
- un rest,
- un-easiness,
- in-stability,
- un-easinesses,
- un-rests,
- dis-content,
- dyspathies,
- un-comfortablenesses,
- un comfortablenesses,
- un easinesses,
- dis belief,
- re morses,
- un-comfortableness,
- in stability,
- un-rest.
Other synonyms:
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- modesty,
- hindrance,
- speed bump,
- inconvenience,
- sticking point,
- nervousness,
- shame,
- guilt trip,
- predicament,
- indignity,
- abashment,
- red tape,
- Extravagantness,
- millstone,
- setback,
- repentance,
- intrusion,
- Extravagancy,
- riddle.
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- stigma,
- cringe,
- confusion,
- disruption,
- guilt,
- overabundance,
- extravagance,
- impediment,
- roadblock,
- snarl up,
- bottleneck,
- exorbitance,
- degradation.
- retardation,
- muddlement,
- enigma,
- Oppilation,
- confusingly,
- coil,
- worry,
- weight,
- remorse,
- coyness,
- broken fortune,
- strain,
- confound,
- Holdback,
- abasement,
- straits,
- sharply,
- shamefacedness,
- mystery,
- agony,
- hastily,
- stagefright,
- crimp,
- Setdown,
- manacle,
- how-do-you-do,
- deterrent,
- deadlock,
- dishonour,
- hangdog look,
- embolus,
- chain,
- Abashedly,
- baffle,
- vacillation,
- pack,
- infarct,
- disorder,
- quagmire,
- jumble,
- detraction,
- implication,
- preclusion,
- frenzy,
- white elephant,
- scandal,
- bitterness,
- astoundingly,
- obstacle,
- bewilder,
- letdown,
- penitence,
- mystify,
- harassment,
- net,
- Interclusion,
- disrepute,
- knot,
- discomfit,
- contrition,
- infamy,
- Impedition,
- shuffle,
- load,
- delicacy,
- disorganization,
- astonish,
- disrupt,
- mousiness,
- crunch,
- amaze,
- discountenance,
- unexpectedly,
- tizzy,
- imposition,
- dump,
- disesteem,
- unholy mess,
- annoy,
- stage fright,
- regret,
- agitation,
- timidness,
- indetermination,
- hamper,
- slough,
- depreciation,
- involution,
- sweat,
- deflation,
- confoundment,
- astonishingly,
- deadweight,
- Demurity,
- debasement,
- obstruction,
- sin,
- perplexity,
- clutch,
- obloquy,
- self-abasement,
- self-reproach,
- restlessness,
- trammel,
- haze,
- vexation,
- bother,
- impede,
- disadvantage,
- mixing up,
- annoyance,
- abashed,
- amazingly,
- low water,
- ruefulness,
- disconcert,
- preclude,
- interruption,
- instantly,
- awkwardly,
- flutter,
- suspense,
- daze,
- belittlement,
- swivet,
- sense of shame,
- precipitously,
- narrow means,
- tightrope,
- mix,
- muddle,
- handicap,
- comedown,
- mystifyingly,
- bewilderment,
- woe,
- chaos,
- squeeze,
- convolution,
- abruptly,
- stammering,
- meshes,
- relation,
- discredit,
- block,
- shackle,
- cargo,
- disconcertedness,
- startlingly,
- contempt,
- absorption,
- bewilderingly,
- outrage,
- out of countenance,
- snarl-up,
- self-abnegation,
- impecuniousness,
- skittishness,
- perturb,
- shamefastness,
- hobble,
- quicksand,
- tight squeeze,
- impedimenta,
- embarrassing situation,
- lumber,
- humbling,
- morass,
- befuddlement,
- choke,
- vitiation,
- embolism,
- derogation,
- demoralization,
- timorousness,
- inclusion,
- hurdle,
- profusion,
- fuddle,
- hell to pay,
- descent,
- pangs of conscience,
- botheration,
- pass,
- compunction,
- Shaming,
- hesitation,
- perplexingly,
- bad conscience,
- swamp,
- interception,
- frustrate,
- let,
- maze,
- suddenly,
- discompose,
- abash,
- sorrow,
- cross fire,
- puzzlement,
- put-down,
- restraint,
- closure,
- penalty,
- stop,
- surplus,
- anxiety,
- trouble,
- complicate,
- Unsettlement,
- swiftly,
- fog,
- disparagement,
- engagement,
- burthen,
- embarrassingly,
- spot,
- charge,
- pretty pass,
- stoppage,
- disfavour,
- guilty conscience,
- throe,
- sticky wicket,
- enmeshment,
- freight,
- coarctation,
- blockade,
- odium,
- cross,
- derange,
- bewitchingly,
- Unprosperousness,
- jam,
- encumbrance,
- cloud,
- Difficulties,
- check,
- sheepishness,
- cumber,
- demureness,
- upset,
- anguish,
- burden,
- distressingly,
- Puzzlingly,
- nonplus,
- distract,
- stricture,
- pucker,
- flummox,
- contriteness,
- straitened circumstances,
- ruffle,
- perplex,
- agitate,
- disconcertment,
- voluntary poverty,
- balk,
- restriction,
- opprobrium,
- confuse,
- disturbance,
- oversupply,
- bafflingly,
- fear,
- onus,
- Retardment,
- prevention,
- embarrass,
- perturbation,
- obstruct,
- disturb,
- Cumbrance.
How to use "Embarrassment" in context?
Embarrassment is a very common feeling that we experience when we make a mistake or when we are criticised. It can make us feel shy, embarrassed, and uncomfortable. It can also make us feel guilty.
Paraphrases for Embarrassment:
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Forward Entailment
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
constraint, deforestation, forest, hardship, nuisance, problem, rub, spot, turmoil, unrest, Shaming, challenges, ill-feeling.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
annoyance, awkward, awkwardness, bewilderment, confusion, difficulty, dilemma, discomfort, disgrace, distress, embarrassing, hassle, hesitation, humiliation, inconvenience, malaise, mockery, outrage, quandary, scandal, shameful, stigma, unease, uneasiness.
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Noun, singular or mass
Homophones for Embarrassment:
Hypernym for Embarrassment:
n.
Hyponym for Embarrassment:
n.
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event
trouble.
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feeling
shame.
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state
spirit, emotional state.
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event
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