Word Meanings - EMBARRASSMENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. A state of being embarrassed; perplexity; impediment to freedom of action; entanglement; hindrance; confusion or discomposure of mind, as from not knowing what to do or to say; disconcertedness. The embarrassment which inexperienced minds have

Additional info about word: EMBARRASSMENT

1. A state of being embarrassed; perplexity; impediment to freedom of action; entanglement; hindrance; confusion or discomposure of mind, as from not knowing what to do or to say; disconcertedness. The embarrassment which inexperienced minds have often to express themselves upon paper. W. Irving. The embarrassments tom commerce growing out of the late regulations. Bancroft. 2. Difficulty or perplexity arising from the want of money to pay debts.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of EMBARRASSMENT)

• Disquietude
• Anxiety
• solicitude
• uneasiness
• embarrassment
• apprehension
• agitation
• disturbance
• commotion
• dissatisfaction
• Emergency
• Crisis
• conjunction
• pitch
• strait
• necessity
• exigency
• casualty
• difficulty
• Puzzle
• Embarrassment
• be wilderment
• enigma
• confusion
• conundrum
• intricacy
• labyrinth
• Quandary
• Hobble
• doubt
• puzzle
• uncertainty
• perplexity
• bewilderment
• dubitation
• baiting
• dilemma
• Shackle
• Fetter
• gype
• chain
• obstruction

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of EMBARRASSMENT)

• Decide
• determine
• resolve
• assent
• Enlighten
• instruct
• illumine

Related words: (words related to EMBARRASSMENT)

• PITCHSTONE
  An igneous rock of semiglassy nature, having a luster like pitch.
• PUZZLEMENT
  The state of being puzzled; perplexity. Miss Mitford.
• PUZZLE
  1. Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill in making. 2. The state of being puzzled; perplexity; as, to be in a puzzle.
• PITCHERFUL
  The quantity a pitcher will hold.
• ENIGMATIC; ENIGMATICAL
  Relating to or resembling an enigma; not easily explained or accounted for; darkly expressed; obscure; puzzling; as, an enigmatical answer.
• ASSENTATORY
  Flattering; obsequious. -- As*sent"a*to*ri*ly, adv.
• DILEMMA
  An argument which presents an antagonist with two or more alternatives, but is equally conclusive against him, whichever alternative he chooses. Note: The following are instances of the dilemma. A young rhetorician applied to an old sophist to be
• AGITATION
  1. The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being moved with violence, or with irregular action; commotion; as, the sea after a storm is in agitation. 2. A stirring up or arousing; disturbance of tranquillity; disturbance
• PITCHINESS
  Blackness, as of pitch; darkness.
• PITCHFORK
  A fork, or farming utensil, used in pitching hay, sheaves of grain, or the like.
• PUZZLEDOM
  The domain of puzzles; puzzles, collectively. C. Kingsley.
• INSTRUCTRESS
  A woman who instructs; a preceptress; a governess. Johnson.
• LABYRINTHAL
  Pertaining to, or resembling, a labyrinth; intricate; labyrinthian.
• APPREHENSION
  1. The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension. Sir T. Browne. 2. The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped. 3. The act of grasping with the
• STRAIT
  A variant of Straight.
• ILLUMINER
  One who, or that which, illuminates.
• ASSENTER
  One who assents.
• LABYRINTHINE
  Pertaining to, or like, a labyrinth; labyrinthal.
• CHAINWORK
  Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain; chain stitch work.
• DOUBTFULLY
  In a doubtful manner. Nor did the goddess doubtfully declare. Dryden.
• TOP-CHAIN
  A chain for slinging the lower yards, in time of action, to prevent their falling, if the ropes by which they are hung are shot away.
• SHEET CHAIN
  A chain sheet cable.
• PREINSTRUCT
  To instruct previously or beforehand. Dr. H. More.
• HOGCHAIN
  A chain or tie rod, in a boat or barge, to prevent the vessel from hogging.
• REDOUBTABLE
  Formidable; dread; terrible to foes; as, a redoubtable hero;