Synonyms for embarrassment
Most common
superfluity plethora overplus trouble bewilderment humiliation
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Superfluity
2. Trouble
trouble, bewilderment, distress, perplexity, vexation, difficulty, hurt, quandary, entanglement, hobble, scrape, maze, puzzle, strait, discomposure, disconcertion, predicament, dilemma, pickle, perturbation, confusion dated
3. Humiliation
Other
cringelord informal
Definitions
- n. 1
A state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation.
- n. 2
A person or thing which is the cause of humiliation to another.
Jack, you are an embarrassment to this family.
- n. 3
A large collection of good or valuable things, especially one that exceeds requirements or causes some sort of hindrance.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- embarrassments → superfluities, plethorae, overpluses, troubles…
Example sentences
- bewilderment Boldi looked in Martha's direction in bewilderment.
- perplexity He laughed heartily at my perplexity.
- humiliation How do you put up with that kind of humiliation?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| embarrassment | rising | |
| bewilderment | rising | |
| perplexity | rising | |
| humiliation | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- hurt1, maze1
- 5 letters
- shame1
- 6 letters
- puzzle2, strait1, scrape1, pickle2, hobble2
- 7 letters
- trouble2, dilemma3, chagrin2
- 8 letters
- distress2, plethora3, quandary3, vexation, overplus
- 9 letters
- confusion3, abashment
- 10 letters
- difficulty4, perplexity4, cringelord
- 11 letters
- humiliation5, predicament4, superfluity
- 12 letters
- entanglement4, perturbation4, bewilderment4, discomposure
- 13 letters
- mortification4, disconcertion
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (puzzle2 = 2 syllables).