embarrassment

  • 101awkwardness — (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Clumsiness] Syn. inaptitude, clumsiness, ineptitude, ineptness, inability, incompetence, botchery, gawkiness, maladroitness, crudeness, ignorance, heavy handedness, unhandiness, ungainliness, ungracefulness, oafishness,… …

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  • 102confusion — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of confusing] Syn. obscuring, blurring, mixing up, upsetting, disturbing, embarrassing, discomfiting, abashing, agitating, addling, fuddling, miscalculation, miscalcuLating, befuddling, tangling, mixing, cluttering,… …

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  • 103discomfiture — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Frustration] Syn. disappointment, rout, beating; see defeat 3 , disappointment 1 . 2. [Embarrassment] Syn. chagrin, confusion, humiliation; see confusion 2 , embarrassment 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Self conscious… …

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  • 104embarrass — 01. I was really [embarrassed] the first time I tried to kiss a girl. 02. It s really [embarrassing] trying to speak Spanish because my accent is so poor. 03. The young girl blushed with [embarrassment] when her father hugged her in front of her… …

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  • 105ἀπαραποδιστότερον — ἀπαραπόδιστος free from embarrassment adverbial comp ἀπαραπόδιστος free from embarrassment masc acc comp sg ἀπαραπόδιστος free from embarrassment neut nom/voc/acc comp sg …

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  • 106Difficulties — Difficulty Dif fi*cul*ty, n.; pl. {Difficulties}. [L. difficultas, fr. difficilis difficult; dif = dis + facilis easy: cf. F. difficult[ e]. See {Facile}.] 1. The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; opposed to… …

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  • 107Difficulty — Dif fi*cul*ty, n.; pl. {Difficulties}. [L. difficultas, fr. difficilis difficult; dif = dis + facilis easy: cf. F. difficult[ e]. See {Facile}.] 1. The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; opposed to {easiness} or… …

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  • 108Microscope stand — Stand Stand (st[a^]nd), n. [AS. stand. See {Stand}, v. i.] 1. The act of standing. [1913 Webster] I took my stand upon an eminence . . . to look into their several ladings. Spectator. [1913 Webster] 2. A halt or stop for the purpose of defense,… …

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  • 109Stand — (st[a^]nd), n. [AS. stand. See {Stand}, v. i.] 1. The act of standing. [1913 Webster] I took my stand upon an eminence . . . to look into their several ladings. Spectator. [1913 Webster] 2. A halt or stop for the purpose of defense, resistance,… …

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  • 110Stand of ammunition — Stand Stand (st[a^]nd), n. [AS. stand. See {Stand}, v. i.] 1. The act of standing. [1913 Webster] I took my stand upon an eminence . . . to look into their several ladings. Spectator. [1913 Webster] 2. A halt or stop for the purpose of defense,… …

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