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embarrassment

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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • \im-ˈber-ə-smənt, -ˈba-rəs-\
    • /ɪmˈbærəsmənt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • \im-ˈber-ə-smənt, -ˈba-rəs-\

Definitions of embarrassment word

  • noun embarrassment A feeling of self-consciousness, shame, or awkwardness. 1
  • noun embarrassment being embarrassed 1
  • noun embarrassment sthg embarrassing 1
  • variable noun embarrassment Embarrassment is the feeling you have when you are embarrassed. 0
  • countable noun embarrassment An embarrassment is an action, event, or situation which causes problems for a politician, political party, government, or other public group. 0
  • singular noun embarrassment If you refer to a person as an embarrassment, you mean that you disapprove of them but cannot avoid your connection with them. 0

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Parts of speech for Embarrassment

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

embarrassment popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for embarrassment

noun embarrassment

  • discomfiture — Archaic. defeat in battle; rout.
  • awkwardness — lacking skill or dexterity. Synonyms: clumsy, inept; unskillful, unhandy, inexpert. Antonyms: deft, adroit, skillful, dexterous; handy.
  • blushing — to redden, as from embarrassment or shame: He blushed when they called him a conquering hero.
  • humiliation — an act or instance of humiliating or being humiliated.
  • mortification — a feeling of humiliation or shame, as through some injury to one's pride or self-respect.

Antonyms for embarrassment

noun embarrassment

  • prideThomas, died 1658, English soldier and regicide.
  • calm — A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.
  • order — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
  • organisation — the act or process of organizing.
  • organization — the act or process of organizing.

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