Thesaurus / egg on face
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synonyms for egg on face
- dilemma
- chagrin
- mess
- confusion
- unease
- difficulty
- mistake
- distress
- puzzle
- strait
- hitch
- uneasiness
- plight
- tangle
- mortification
- awkwardness
- indebtedness
- fix
- indiscretion
- scrape
- snag
- bashfulness
- timidity
- destitution
- shyness
- inhibition
- clumsiness
- stew
- discomfiture
- predicament
- discomposure
- pinch
- quandary
- complexity
- bind
- poverty
- pickle
- boo boo
- faux pas
- hot seat
- hot water
- impecuniosity
- self-consciousness
- disconcertion
- awkward situation
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How to use egg on face in a sentence
It is most peculiar, and when he plays that way, the most bewitching little expression comes over his face.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYBernard stood there face to face with Mrs. Vivian, whose eyes seemed to plead with him more than ever.
CONFIDENCEHENRY JAMESA Yankee, whose face had been mauled in a pot-house brawl, assured General Jackson that he had received his scars in battle.
THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES AND BUDGET OF FUN;VARIOUSWith a suffocating gasp, she fell back into the chair on which she sat, and covered her face with her hands.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTERJoe looked at her with a smile, his face still solemn and serious for all its youth and the fires of new-lit hope behind his eyes.
THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDENThe blood that accused his friend in his heart, rushed to his face, when he repeated what had been told him.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTERThe aged woman made no reply; her eyes still studied Ramona's face, and she still held her hand.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSONBabylas raised his pale face; he knew what was coming; it had come so many times before.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINISo he bore down on the solemn declaration that she stood face to face with a prison term for perjury.
THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDENMadame de Condillac stood watching him, her face composed, her glance cold.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINIWORDS RELATED TO EGG ON FACE
- awkward situation
- awkwardness
- bashfulness
- bind
- boo boo
- chagrin
- clumsiness
- complexity
- confusion
- destitution
- difficulty
- dilemma
- discomfiture
- discomposure
- disconcertion
- distress
- egg on face
- faux pas
- fix
- hitch
- hot seat
- hot water
- impecuniosity
- indebtedness
- indiscretion
- inhibition
- mess
- mistake
- mortification
- pickle
- pinch
- plight
- poverty
- predicament
- puzzle
- quandary
- scrape
- self-consciousness
- shyness
- snag
- stew
- strait
- tangle
- timidity
- unease
- uneasiness
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.