Synonyms for embarrassment
ɛmˈbær əs məntem·bar·rass·ment

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1. embarrassment

   Perplexity (Latin per, through, and plecto, plait) is the drawing or turning of the thoughts or faculties by turns in different directions or toward contrasted or contradictory conclusions; confusion (Latin confusus, from confundo, pour together) is a state in which the mental faculties are, as it were, thrown into chaos, so that the clear and distinct action of the different powers, as of perception, memory, reason, and will is lost; bewilderment is akin to confusion, but is less overwhelming, and more readily recovered from; perplexity, accordingly, has not the unsettling of the faculties implied in confusion, nor the overwhelming of the faculties implied in amazement or astonishment; it is not the magnitude of the things to be known, but the want of full and definite knowledge, that causes perplexity. The dividing of a woodland path may cause the traveler the greatest perplexity, which may become bewilderment when he has tried one path after another and lost his bearings completely. With an excitable person bewilderment may deepen into confusion that will make him unable to think clearly or even to see or hear distinctly. Amazement results from the sudden and unimagined occurrence of great good or evil or the sudden awakening of the mind to unthought-of truth. Astonishment often produces bewilderment, which the word was formerly understood to imply. Compare AMAZEMENT; ANXIETY; DOUBT.

   Synonyms:
   amazement, astonishment, bewilderment, confusion, distraction, disturbance, doubt, doubt, perplexity

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1. embarrassmentnoun

   the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public

   Synonyms:
   plethora, overplus, superfluity

   Antonyms:
   disembarrassment

2. embarrassmentnoun

   the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy)

   "he is currently suffering financial embarrassments"

   Synonyms:
   plethora, overplus, superfluity

   Antonyms:
   disembarrassment

3. embarrassmentnoun

   some event that causes someone to be embarrassed

   "the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals"

   Synonyms:
   plethora, overplus, superfluity

   Antonyms:
   disembarrassment

4. overplus, plethora, superfluity, embarrassmentnoun

   extreme excess

   "an embarrassment of riches"

   Synonyms:
   plethora, overplus, superfluity

   Antonyms:
   disembarrassment

Matched Categories

1. • Emotional State
   • Excess
   • Shame
   • Trouble

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. embarrassmentnoun

   Synonyms:
   perplexity, difficulty, entanglement

2. embarrassmentnoun

   Synonyms:
   trouble, distress, vexation, plague

3. embarrassmentnoun

   Synonyms:
   confusion, abashment

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1. embarrassmentnoun

   Synonyms:
   discomposure, chagrin, abashment, mortification, disconcertion

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1. List of paraphrases for "embarrassment":

   shame, disgrace, discomfort, quandary, embarrassing, awkwardness

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1. Helena Bonham Carter:

   We really do get on, so that’s good. I understand him very well and he understands me, it might be easier to work together without being together any more. He always only cast me with great embarrassment.

2. Donald Trump:

   I think the case in Chicago is an absolute embarrassment to our country and I have asked that it be -- that they look at it, somebody has to at least take a very good hard look.

3. Andrew Hall:

   If it turns out for example that the presidency had nothing to do with any of that, if it turns out that it was entirely irrelevant and he is firing Comey for political reasons it pretty much dies on the vine, but if it goes further than that to show that he is trying to protect either himself, or some other member of his team from the disclosure of an event that would be criminal or an huge embarrassment and he goes through illegal acts that would prevent the disclosure, then he is going to get himself into trouble.

4. Singer Justin Timberlake:

   I have always wanted to work on a soundtrack after getting to explore acting in film and having done a ton of music over the years, at some point wanting to combine those was always something that I wanted to do, this became like an embarrassment of riches because you're actually in the movie as well you're playing you know one of the supporting role to the lead in the movie and getting to do all the music. It's like - sign me up!

5. Van Drew:

   My God, it is one of the darkest, most embarrassing days we’ve had in our country, and it’s a tremendous embarrassment for the Biden administration., but with this administration it is failure after failure after failure. Honest to God, I cannot believe I'm saying this, it literally is time for this president to resign. it is time for this vice president to resign. It is time for the Senate president and Speaker to resign. We need new people, even new Democrats, hopefully that are moderates. We can’t keep doing this.