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. Donald Trump:

   What's going on is a disgrace, and it's an embarrassment to our nation, it's a big scam.

2. Marcia Fudge:

   The fact that our country - the greatest country in the world - remains mired in race relations issues in the year 2014 is an embarrassment, if we are to learn anything from the tragic death of Michael Brown, we must first acknowledge that we have a race issue that we are not addressing.

3. Lula Institute:

   The only (purpose) ... is to subject the former President to public embarrassment, it is not Lula's credibility that is compromised when its leaders turn to a political target in the most fragile pretext.

4. Chang Gwang-il:

   Timing wise, today's missile was a cannon salute on the Day of the Sun, leading up to the party congress, but now that it has failed, it is an embarrassment.

5. Aman Thind:

   There's not just fear, but also embarrassment about being undocumented.

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