All embarrassment synonyms

noun embarrassment

• uneasiness — not easy in body or mind; uncomfortable; restless; disturbed; perturbed.
• faux pas — a slip or blunder in etiquette, manners, or conduct; an embarrassing social blunder or indiscretion.
• hot seat — electric chair.
• hot water — trouble; a predicament: His skipping classes will get him into real hot water when exam time comes.
• impecuniosity — having little or no money; penniless; poor.
• 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.
• shame — the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another: She was overcome with shame.
• chagrin — Chagrin is a feeling of disappointment, upset, or annoyance, perhaps because of your own failure.
• confusion — If there is confusion about something, it is not clear what the true situation is, especially because people believe different things.
• difficulty — the fact or condition of being difficult.
• dilemma — a situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives.
• mess — a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
• mistake — an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc.
• unease — not easy in body or mind; uncomfortable; restless; disturbed; perturbed.
• bashfulness — The quality or property of being bashful; shyness; reserve; timidity.
• bind — If something binds people together, it makes them feel as if they are all part of the same group or have something in common.
• clumsiness — awkward in movement or action; without skill or grace: He is very clumsy and is always breaking things.
• complexity — Complexity is the state of having many different parts connected or related to each other in a complicated way.
• destitution — Destitution is the state of having no money or possessions.
• discomposure — the state of being discomposed; disorder; agitation; perturbation.
• disconcertion — to disturb the self-possession of; perturb; ruffle: Her angry reply disconcerted me completely.
• distress — great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
• fix — to repair; mend.
• hitch — to fasten or tie, especially temporarily, by means of a hook, rope, strap, etc.; tether: Steve hitched the horse to one of the posts.
• indebtedness — the state of being indebted.
• indiscretion — lack of discretion; imprudence.
• inhibition — the act of inhibiting.
• pickle — a single grain or kernel, as of barley or corn.
• pinch — to squeeze or compress between the finger and thumb, the teeth, the jaws of an instrument, or the like.
• plight — Archaic. pledge.
• poverty — the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of being poor. Synonyms: privation, neediness, destitution, indigence, pauperism, penury. Antonyms: riches, wealth, plenty.
• predicament — an unpleasantly difficult, perplexing, or dangerous situation.
• puzzle — a toy, problem, or other contrivance designed to amuse by presenting difficulties to be solved by ingenuity or patient effort.
• quandary — a state of perplexity or uncertainty, especially as to what to do; dilemma.
• scrape — to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, especially a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface: to scrape a table to remove paint and varnish.
• self-conscious — excessively aware of being observed by others.
• shyness — bashful; retiring.
• snag — a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
• stew — to cook (food) by simmering or slow boiling.
• strait — Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
• tangle — to bring together into a mass of confusedly interlaced or intertwisted threads, strands, or other like parts; snarl.
• timidity — lacking in self-assurance, courage, or bravery; easily alarmed; timorous; shy.