Antonyms of noun embarrassment

1 of 4 senses of embarrassment

Sense 3
embarrassment -- (some event that causes someone to be embarrassed; "the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals")
       Antonym of disembarrassment (Sense 1)
      => disembarrassment -- (something that extricates you from embarrassment)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun embarrassment

4 senses of embarrassment

Sense 1
embarrassment -- (the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public)
       => shame -- (a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt)

Sense 2
embarrassment -- (the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy); "he is currently suffering financial embarrassments")
       => emotional state, spirit -- (the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection); "his emotional state depended on her opinion"; "he was in good spirits"; "his spirit rose")

Sense 3
embarrassment -- (some event that causes someone to be embarrassed; "the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals")
       => trouble -- (an event causing distress or pain; "what is the trouble?"; "heart trouble")

Sense 4
overplus, plethora, superfluity, embarrassment -- (extreme excess; "an embarrassment of riches")
       => excess, excessiveness, inordinateness -- (immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits)

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