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
Example sentences :
  • "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

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