"embarrassment" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

The shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public (synset 107522337)
is a type of: shame - a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
subtypes:
- self-consciousness, uncomfortableness, uneasiness - embarrassment deriving from the feeling that others are critically aware of you
- shamefacedness, sheepishness - feeling embarrassed about yourself
- chagrin, humiliation, mortification - strong feelings of embarrassment
- confusion, discombobulation - a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused
- abashment, bashfulness - feeling embarrassed due to modesty
- discomfiture, discomposure, disconcertion, disconcertment - anxious embarrassment
The state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy) (synset 114009674)
"he is currently suffering financial embarrassments"

is a type of: emotional state, spirit - the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection)
Some event that causes someone to be embarrassed (synset 107320169)
"the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals"

is a type of: trouble - an event causing distress or pain
Extreme excess (synset 105127416)
"an embarrassment of riches"

is a type of: excess, excessiveness, inordinateness - immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits

subtypes: redundance, redundancy - the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded

same as: overplus, plethora, superfluity