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Synonyms for embarrassment
noun humiliation, shame- 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
Antonyms for embarrassment
- calm
- order
- organization
- pleasure
- solution
- advantage
- benefit
- blessing
- boldness
- boon
- convenience
- ease
- good fortune
- happiness
- peace
- comfort
- confidence
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
More words related to embarrassment
bad name
noun. disgrace
chagrin
noun. displeasure
complications
noun. difficult situation
confusion
noun. disorientation
- abashing
- abashment
- addling
- agitation
- befuddlement
- befuddling
- bemusement
- bewilderment
- blurring
- chagrin
- cluttering
- commotion
- confounding
- demoralization
- disarranging
- discomfiting
- discomfiture
- disorientation
- distraction
- disturbing
- dither
- dumbfounding
- embarrassing
- embarrassment
- embroiling
- flap
- fluster
- lather
- mixup mystification
- obscuring
- perplexing
- perplexity
- perturbation
- pother
- puzzlement
- stew
- stirring up
- tangling
- tumult
- turbulence
- turmoil
- unsettling
- upsetting
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.