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Another word for embarrassment

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Noun

  1. Self-conscious distress

    See also:

    pain

  2. A condition of going or being beyond what is needed, desired, or appropriate

    See also:

    excess

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Another word for embarrassment

Noun

  1. The condition of being embarrassed

  2. Anything that embarrasses

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Sentence Examples

  • They talk to me without embarrassment or awkwardness.

  • There was no guilt or embarrassment in the thought.

  • It had been nearly a month of empty Thursday nights since his no-show session with Ethel Rosewater and the beautiful Betty from Boise was offering an effective way to make sure that embarrassment was a temporary happening.

  • I can't understand why he wants to go to the war, replied Pierre, addressing the princess with none of the embarrassment so commonly shown by young men in their intercourse with young women.

  • Unshed tears of embarrassment were starting to burn her eyes.

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