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Synonyms for embarrassment

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Synonyms for embarrassment

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Synonyms for embarrassment

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

some event that causes someone to be embarrassed

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Australia's The Daily Telegraph quickly took to Twitter to apologise for the embarassing publishing mix-up of two pages from its rival The Sydney Morning Herald but the damage was already done.
Lebanese singer Yara is considered one of most passionate celebrities about soccer even before the world cup and has always declared her support for FC Barcelona and its star Lionel Messi, which made her face an embarassing situation after Argentina lost the match against France, which made many of her followers on social media tease her for her grief over the defeat of her favorite player.
London, Apr 17 ( ANI ): Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has said that the Internet will change 'perceptions of privacy', and added that employers will have to end the 'hypocrisy' of refusing to hire people who post embarassing photos on social networking sites.
In his statement Parvanov attributed Tsvetanov's words to the "highly embarassing situation" of the minister, after he has been accused of unlawful acquisition of properties.
The matte face powder is supposed to cut out embarassing shine under a harsh glare - but it left both women looking like they had been baking hard, or involved in a flour fight with kids.
The alleged plot led to Late Show comic Letterman making an embarassing confession on the programme that he had sex with a number of his female colleagues.
Frankly I found it rather embarassing. Ok, he lost a football match, but it was not exactly life threatening was it.
The comments were aimed at helping McCain woo the party's skeptical base of conservatives, a difficult task evidenced by the veteran Arizona senator's embarassing, but largely symbolic, losses the night before to rival Mike Huckabee, who snatched two victories on Saturday from McCain, although the wins in Kansas and Louisiana were no threat to the latter's lead.
Wolverhampton crashed to an embarassing 53-37 home defeat in the first leg of their Knockout Cup tie against Ipswich last night.
JERMAIN DEFOE made it two goals from two appearances for Tottenham in the 4-2 win at troubled Charlton but it was former City loan star Johnnie Jackson who netted the fourth to ensure his side did not suffer another embarassing collapse.
In any event, Taras Wolansky is correct that Lott's pseudonymous pecadilloes are at worst embarassing. If his scholarly reputation has suffered, it's due to his own dodgy use of numbers-something others were already reporting on when I picked up the story.