embarrassmentnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ɪmˈbær.əs.mənt/us/ɪmˈber.əs.mənt/B2 the feeling of being embarrassed, or something that makes you feel embarrassed:
She blushed with embarrassment.
My parents are an embarrassment to me!
More examples
- I could have died of embarrassment.
- He rustled his papers to hide his embarrassment.
- Luckily, I was spared the embarrassment of having to sing in front of everyone.
- Nobody spoke for at least five minutes and Rachel squirmed in her chair with embarrassment.
- She felt acute embarrassment at his behaviour.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Ashamed and embarrassed
- abashed
- ashamed
- awkward
- awkwardly
- embarrassed
- have egg on your face idiom
- humble
- know
- look
- look sb in the eye/face idiom
- meet
- meet sb's eye idiom
- mortification
- mortify
- mortifying
- not know where to put yourself idiom
- shamefaced
- sheepish
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Idiom(s)
an embarrassment of riches