What does embarrassment mean?
Word: Embarrassment
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Embarrassment means the shy, awkward feeling you get when you have done something silly in front of others.
Synonyms: shame, awkwardness, shyness
Antonyms: confidence
How do you spell embarrassment?
Syllables: em - bar - rass - ment
Tricky part: It has a double r and a double s. Most mistakes drop one of them, as in embarassment.
Watch out for: embarassment, embarrasment, embaressment
Memory tip: Your cheeks turn Really Red and you Smile Shyly: two r's, two s's.
Embarrassment in a sentence
Example 1: Ravi's face went red with embarrassment when his phone rang during assembly.
Example 2: To my embarrassment, I called my teacher Mumma in front of the whole class.
Example 3: She laughed off her embarrassment and finished the song.
Fun Fact
Embarrass came into English from the French embarrasser, which meant to block or get in the way.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the suffix that completes the word:
embarrass
a) ance
b) ment
c) mant
d) ness
Show answer
b) ment. Embarrass + ment names the feeling.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word:
embarrassment
a) mortification
b) sheepishness
c) composure
d) humiliation
Show answer
c) composure. Humiliation, mortification and sheepishness are all kinds of embarrassment; composure means staying calm.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) appologetic
b) nervusness
c) bashfull
d) embarrassment
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d) embarrassment. Nervousness keeps the ou of nervous, bashful has one l, and apologetic has a single p.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
maabrrsmeenst
a) amazement
b) embarrassing
c) embankment
d) embarrassment
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d) embarrassment. Embarrassing has a g and an i, embankment a k, and amazement a z.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which moment might cause embarrassment?
a) reading a comic in the library
b) drinking water after a long run
c) forgetting your lines in the school play
d) eating your lunch in the canteen
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c) forgetting your lines in the school play
2. What might someone say in embarrassment?
a) "When does the bus come?"
b) "Hooray, we won the match!"
c) "Please pass me the salt."
d) "Oops, I forgot your name."
Show answer
d) "Oops, I forgot your name."
