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Antonyms for embarrassment
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : em-bar-uhs-muhnt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɛmˈbær əs mənt |
Definition of embarrassment
Origin :- 1670s, "state of being impeded, obstructed, entangled" (of affairs, etc.), from embarrass + -ment, or from French embarrassement, from embarrasser.
- As "a mental state of unease," from 1774. Meaning "thing which embarrasses" is from 1729. Earlier words expressing much the same idea include baishment "embarrassment, confusion" (late 14c.); baishednesse (mid-15c.).
- noun humiliation, shame
- "No, not yet," Mary admitted, without sign of embarrassment.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- His embarrassment, or ugliness of temper, or whatever it was, was gone.
- Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
- I could not answer her directly, and felt myself flushing with embarrassment.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- Lady Delacour sat down again, ashamed of her own embarrassment.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- Perceiving a stranger in the wagon she paused, with a look of embarrassment.
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- "That's why I came here, Betty," he pursued, blind to her embarrassment.
- Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
- She blushed deeper, and in her embarrassment she moistened her lips with her tongue.
- Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler
- With some embarrassment he delicately, timidly, hinted his apprehensions.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- "No, I don't think so, I shan't be able," replied the young man in embarrassment.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- Dario in his embarrassment glanced at Benedetta, who still smiled.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
Synonyms for embarrassment
- awkward situation
- awkwardness
- bashfulness
- bind
- boo boo
- chagrin
- clumsiness
- complexity
- confusion
- destitution
- difficulty
- dilemma
- discomfiture
- discomposure
- disconcertion
- distress
- egg on face
- faux pas
- fix
- hitch
- hot seat
- hot water
- impecuniosity
- indebtedness
- indiscretion
- inhibition
- mess
- mistake
- mortification
- pickle
- pinch
- plight
- poverty
- predicament
- puzzle
- quandary
- scrape
- self-consciousness
- shyness
- snag
- stew
- strait
- tangle
- timidity
- unease
- uneasiness
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