Wordage.info

the free tool for word discovery

Wordage.info / embarrassment

Exact Match:

embarrassment: some event that causes someone to be embarrassed; "the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals"; the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public; the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy); "he is currently suffering financial embarrassments"

Synonyms:

Related Words:

chagrin collapse: strong feelings of embarrassment

abasement collapse: a low or downcast state; "each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement"- H.L.Menchken

remorse collapse

white elephant collapse: albinic Indian elephant; rare and sometimes venerated in east Asia; a valuable possession whose upkeep is excessively expensive

timidity collapse: fearfulness in venturing into new and unknown places or activities; fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions

poverty collapse: the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions

self-abasement collapse

insolvency collapse: the lack of financial resources

shyness collapse: a feeling of fear of embarrassment

quandary collapse

stammering collapse

swivet collapse

tizzy collapse

stage fright collapse: fear that affects a person about to face an audience

hell to pay collapse: dire consequences; "when the pig ran away there was hell to pay"

sticky wicket collapse

cargo collapse: goods carried by a large vehicle

fine kettle of fish collapse

tight spot collapse

difficulties collapse

impedimenta collapse: the baggage and equipment carried by an army

hot water collapse: a dangerous or distressing predicament; "his views on race got him into political hot water"

deadweight collapse

discountenance collapse: show disapproval by discouraging; "any measure tending to fuse invalids into a class with special privileges should be discountenanced"; look with disfavor on; "The republic soon discountenanced its few friends"

unholy mess collapse

bafflement collapse

hardship collapse: something that causes or entails suffering; "I cannot think it a hardship that more indulgence is allowed to men than to women"- James Boswell; "the many hardships of frontier life"

deflation collapse: the act of letting the air out of something; a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices; (geology) the erosion of soil as a consequence of sand and dust and loose rocks being removed by the wind; "a constant deflation of the desert landscape"

dilemma collapse: state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options

scandal collapse: disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people; a disgraceful event

encumbrance collapse: a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage)

imbroglio collapse: a very embarrassing misunderstanding; an intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation

humiliation collapse: depriving one of self-esteem; an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect; "he had to undergo one humiliation after another"; state of disgrace or loss of self-respect

straits collapse

quagmire collapse

penalty collapse: (games) a handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game; the disadvantage or painful consequences of an action or condition; "neglected his health and paid the penalty"; a payment required for not fulfilling a contract

mortification collapse: (Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself)

impediment collapse

involution collapse: the action of enfolding something; a long and intricate and complicated grammatical construction; reduction in size of an organ or part (as in the return of the uterus to normal size after childbirth)

letdown collapse

1

Advertisement