Synonyms:
embarrassment
Meaning: the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public
Synonyms:
embarrassment
Meaning: the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy); "he is currently suffering financial embarrassments"
Synonyms:
embarrassment
Meaning: some event that causes someone to be embarrassed; "the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals"
Usage examples
He even felt some embarrassment in her presence.
This last peculiarity caused some embarrassment.
After a few minutes of silent embarrassment, Athos spoke.
Embarrassment makes cowards of us; and Mr. Carlyle repeated it after her.
To escape from his embarrassment it was necessary to sell one of the slaves.
'Why, thank'ee, I'd rather not,' said Mr. Jackson, with some embarrassment of manner.
Secure, however, in the inscrutability of my place of concealment, I felt no embarrassment whatever.
She saw the red of shame and embarrassment mount to her cheeks and then she covered her eyes with her hands.
"There is no reason for haste," said Aunt Jane, meeting; the lawyer's questioning gaze with some embarrassment.
Yet here she was, IN HIS ROOM, and they were talking together, and little by little her embarrassment was wearing away.