embarrassment

Also known as awkwardness

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Research

6,904 papers

An Embarrassment of Riches: Three FDA-Approved Bispecific Antibodies for Relapsed Refractory Multiple Myeloma.Blood cancer discovery · 2023
Editorial overview: An embarrassment of riches.Current opinion in plant biology · 2021
Embarrassment guides language choice.Cognition · 2026
Embarrassment: its distinct form and appeasement functions.Psychological bulletin · 1997
An embarrassment of riches? Mechanisms underlying VCP neurodegeneration.Brain : a journal of neurology · 2023

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Commons category: Embarrassment

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Causes
Professional embarrassment
Vicarious embarrassment
Types in social psychology
Etymology
In Judaism
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Embarrassment or awkwardness is an emotional state that is associated with mild to severe levels of discomfort, and which is usually experienced when someone commits (or thinks of) a socially unacceptable or frowned-upon act that is witnessed by or revealed to others. Frequently grouped with shame and guilt, embarrassment is considered a "self-conscious emotion", and it can have a profoundly negative impact on a person's thoughts or behavior.