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embarrassment noun

  /ɪmˈbæɹəsmənt/
  • A state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation.
  • A state of confusion; hesitation; uncertainty
 förlägenhet
  • A person or thing which is the cause of humiliation to another.
 skam

embarrassed adjective

  /ɪmˈbæɹ.əst/ , /ɪmˈbɛɹ.əst/
  • Having a feeling of shameful discomfort.
 generad

embarrassing adjective

  /ɪmˈbæɹəsɪŋ/ , /ɪmˈbɛɹəsɪŋ/
  • Causing embarrassment; leading to a feeling of uncomfortable shame or self-consciousness.
 genant, pinsam

embarrass verb

  /əmˈbɛɹəs/ , /ɛm-/ , /ɪm-/ , /ɪmˈbæɹəs/
  • (transitive) to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to abash.
 genera
vicarious embarrassment
sekundärskam
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