Antonyms for embarrassment
ɛmˈbær əs məntem·bar·rass·ment

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1. embarrassment

   Perplexity (Latin per, through, and plecto, plait) is the drawing or turning of the thoughts or faculties by turns in different directions or toward contrasted or contradictory conclusions; confusion (Latin confusus, from confundo, pour together) is a state in which the mental faculties are, as it were, thrown into chaos, so that the clear and distinct action of the different powers, as of perception, memory, reason, and will is lost; bewilderment is akin to confusion, but is less overwhelming, and more readily recovered from; perplexity, accordingly, has not the unsettling of the faculties implied in confusion, nor the overwhelming of the faculties implied in amazement or astonishment; it is not the magnitude of the things to be known, but the want of full and definite knowledge, that causes perplexity. The dividing of a woodland path may cause the traveler the greatest perplexity, which may become bewilderment when he has tried one path after another and lost his bearings completely. With an excitable person bewilderment may deepen into confusion that will make him unable to think clearly or even to see or hear distinctly. Amazement results from the sudden and unimagined occurrence of great good or evil or the sudden awakening of the mind to unthought-of truth. Astonishment often produces bewilderment, which the word was formerly understood to imply. Compare AMAZEMENT; ANXIETY; DOUBT.

   Synonyms:
   amazement, astonishment, bewilderment, confusion, distraction, disturbance, doubt, doubt, perplexity

Matched Categories

1. • Emotional State
   • Excess
   • Shame
   • Trouble

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. embarrassmentnoun

   the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public

   Antonyms:
   disembarrassment

   Synonyms:
   plethora, overplus, superfluity

2. embarrassmentnoun

   the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy)

   "he is currently suffering financial embarrassments"

   Antonyms:
   disembarrassment

   Synonyms:
   plethora, overplus, superfluity

3. embarrassmentnoun

   some event that causes someone to be embarrassed

   "the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals"

   Antonyms:
   disembarrassment

   Synonyms:
   plethora, overplus, superfluity

4. overplus, plethora, superfluity, embarrassmentnoun

   extreme excess

   "an embarrassment of riches"

   Antonyms:
   disembarrassment

   Synonyms:
   plethora, overplus, superfluity

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1. embarrassmentnoun

   Synonyms:
   discomposure, chagrin, abashment, mortification, disconcertion

How to use embarrassment in a sentence?

1. Author Unknown:

   Love is to man an embarrassment, even a word; it is to a woman an excuse for existence, especially the word.

2. Bob Bertoni:

   One, we want to protect our players, we want to protect them from embarrassment or getting ridiculed simply for wearing the team name.

3. Steve Wynn:

   This lawsuit is filled with lies and distortions and is an embarrassment to Ms. Chief Executive Steve Wynn and Chief Executive Steve Wynn counsel.

4. Chief Arthur Lawson:

   This incident we feel has been an embarrassment to our department. These officers acted in a manner which was unprofessional, alluding to a violent act to be conducted a sitting U.S. congresswoman.

5. Zuri Murrell:

   I always tell individuals and my own patients, you never want to die from fear and you never want to die from embarrassment, it still angers me that this is the number two killer of men and women because it’s really preventable in terms of diet and in terms of getting appropriate screening. It shouldn’t be this way.

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