Thesaurus / embarrassment
FEEDBACKsynonyms for embarrassment
synonyms for embarrassment
- chagrin
- confusion
- difficulty
- dilemma
- mess
- mistake
- unease
- awkwardness
- bashfulness
- bind
- clumsiness
- complexity
- destitution
- discomfiture
- discomposure
- disconcertion
- distress
- fix
- hitch
- indebtedness
- indiscretion
- inhibition
- mortification
- pickle
- pinch
- plight
- poverty
- predicament
- puzzle
- quandary
- scrape
- self-consciousness
- shyness
- snag
- stew
- strait
- tangle
- timidity
- uneasiness
- awkward situation
- boo boo
- egg on face
- faux pas
- hot seat
- hot water
- impecuniosity
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Murphy resisted, telling Wolf that “it was improper to hold a vetted intelligence product for reasons for political embarrassment.”
WHAT TO MAKE OF THE DHS WHISTLEBLOWER’S SHOCKING COMPLAINTALEX WARDSEPTEMBER 11, 2020VOXI have been struck by the intensity and complexity of emotions displayed by these people, including anger, resentment, embarrassment, hopelessness, fear and resolve.
CHADWICK BOSEMAN’S DEATH FROM COLORECTAL CANCER UNDERSCORES AN ALARMING INCREASE IN CASES AMONG YOUNGER ADULTS AS WELL AS HEALTH GAPS FOR AFRICAN AMERICANSLGBTQ-EDITORSEPTEMBER 2, 2020NO STRAIGHT NEWSDespite the ongoing embarrassment and the new costs to emerge, a Cisterra principal who cut the deal with the city and Shapery defended it.
HOW THE CITY CAME TO LEASE A LEMONLISA HALVERSTADT AND JESSE MARXAUGUST 10, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOTo avoid embarrassment and truly rank for important trending searches in an authentic way, follow these dos and don’ts.
HOW TO USE TRENDING KEYWORDS FROM CURRENT EVENTS IN CONTENT MARKETINGGREGG SCHWARTZJULY 23, 2020SEARCH ENGINE WATCHThey were clearly willing to endure discomfort rather than the embarrassment of overreacting.
5 PSYCHOLOGY TERMS YOU’RE PROBABLY MISUSING (EP. 334 REBROADCAST)STEPHEN J. DUBNERJANUARY 9, 2020FREAKONOMICSHereupon he was caused much embarrassment and discomfiture, for of the three girls, he knew not which one was Irene.
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUXHe jumped to his feet and wrung both her hands and kissed them to her great embarrassment.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKEThis saves the embarrassment of crossing the room entirely unattended, while it shows others that you are a resident at the house.
THE LADIES' BOOK OF ETIQUETTE, AND MANUAL OF POLITENESSFLORENCE HARTLEYHe could not deny that many times before Black Hood had beaten him to the solution of crimes, much to his embarrassment.
HOODED DETECTIVE, VOLUME III NO. 2, JANUARY, 1942VARIOUSMy arrival placed the good old gentleman in no little embarrassment: his house was also already filled with travellers.
A WOMAN'S JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLDIDA PFEIFFERWORDS RELATED TO EMBARRASSMENT
- abashing
- abashment
- addling
- agitation
- befuddlement
- befuddling
- bemusement
- bewilderment
- blurring
- chagrin
- cluttering
- commotion
- confounding
- demoralization
- disarranging
- discomfiting
- discomfiture
- disorientation
- distraction
- disturbing
- dither
- dumbfounding
- embarrassing
- embarrassment
- flap
- fluster
- lather
- mixup mystification
- obscuring
- perplexing
- perplexity
- perturbation
- pother
- puzzlement
- stew
- stirring up
- tumult
- turbulence
- turmoil
- unsettling
- upsetting
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