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| Main Entry: | embarrassing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | humiliating, shaming |
| Synonyms: | awkward, confusing, delicate, difficult, disagreeable, distressing, disturbing, equivocal, impossible, inconvenient, inopportune, perplexing, puzzling, sensitive, shameful, sticky, ticklish, touchy, tricky, troublesome, uncomfortable, uneasy, unpropitious, unseemly, worrisome, bewildering, compromising, discomfiting, discommoding, discommodious, disconcerting, distracting, exasperating, incommodious, mortifying, rattling, troubling, upsetting |
| Antonyms: | comfortable, unshameful |
| Main Entry: | embarrass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause mental discomfort |
| Synonyms: | abash, agitate, annoy, bewilder, bother, bug, chagrin, confuse, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, distract, distress, disturb, dumbfound, faze, fluster, irk, let down*, mortify, nonplus, perplex, perturb, plague, puzzle, rattle, shame, show up*, stun, tease, throw, upset, catch one short, discombobulate, give a bad time, give a hard time, hang up*, make a monkey of, put in a hole, put in a spot, put on the spot, put out of countenance, throw into a tizzy |
| Antonyms: | comfort, gladden, help, please |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cumbersome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clumsy, awkward |
| Synonyms: | bulky, burdensome, embarrassing, heavy, hefty, inconvenient, leaden, massive, oppressive, ponderous, tiresome, unmanageable, unwieldy, wearisome, weighty, clunker, clunking, clunky, cumbrous, galumphing, incommodious, unhandy |
| Antonyms: | graceful |
| Main Entry: | inconvenient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bothersome, troublesome |
| Synonyms: | annoying, awkward, cumbersome, detrimental, difficult, disadvantageous, disturbing, embarrassing, inexpedient, inopportune, pestiferous, prejudicial, remote, tiresome, troublesome, unmanageable, unseasonable, unsuitable, untimely, unwieldy, vexatious, discommoding, discommodious, incommodious, unhandy |
| Antonyms: | beneficial, convenient, helpful, aiding |
| Main Entry: | indelicate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obscene, vulgar |
| Synonyms: | base, brash, callow, coarse, crude, earthy, embarrassing, immodest, improper, indecent, indecorous, lewd, low, off-color*, offensive, outrageous, risqué, rude, suggestive, tasteless, unbecoming, uncouth, unseemly, untoward, brutish, lowbred, unblushing, untactful |
| Antonyms: | decent, delicate, inoffensive, nice, pure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shameful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | atrocious; disreputable |
| Synonyms: | base, carnal, contemptible, corrupt, dastardly, debauched, degrading, diabolical, disgraceful, dishonorable, drunken, embarrassing, flagrant, heinous, humiliating, ignominious, immodest, immoral, impure, indecent, infamous, intemperate, lewd, low, mean, notorious, obscene, opprobrious, outrageous, profligate, reprehensible, reprobate, ribald, scandalous, shocking, sinful, unbecoming, unclean, unworthy, vile, villainous, vulgar, wicked, mortifying, shaming |
| Antonyms: | good, reputable, respectable |
| Main Entry: | disturbing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disquieting |
| Synonyms: | alarming, annoying, bothersome, burdensome, consequential, creepy, depressing, difficult, disagreeable, discouraging, distressing, embarrassing, foreboding, frightening, gloomy, hard, inconvenient, irksome, irritating, laborious, ominous, onerous, painful, perplexing, pessimistic, prophetic, provoking, severe, sinister, startling, threatening, tiresome, toilsome, troublesome, trying, uncertain, unpleasant, wearisome, worrisome, worrying, aggravating, agitating, discomforting, discommoding, discomposing, disconcerting, dismaying, harassing, impeding, perturbing, troubling, unsettling, upsetting, vexing |
| Main Entry: | humiliating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mortifying |
| Synonyms: | embarrassing, opprobrious, demeaning, disgracing, humbling |
| Main Entry: | confusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disorientation |
| Synonyms: | agitation, bewilderment, chagrin, commotion, demoralization, discomfiture, distraction, disturbing, dither, embarrassing, embarrassment, flap, fluster, lather, perplexing, perturbation, pother, stew, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, abashing, abashment, addling, befuddlement, befuddling, bemusement, blurring, cluttering, confounding, disarranging, discomfiting, disorientation, dumbfounding, embroiling, mixup mystification, obscuring, perplexity, puzzlement, stirring up, tangling, unsettling, upsetting |
| Antonyms: | clarity, order, organization, orientation, sense |
| Main Entry: | offensive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disrespectful, insulting; displeasing |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, abusive, annoying, biting, cutting, detestable, disagreeable, discourteous, distasteful, dreadful, embarrassing, evil, foul, ghastly, grisly, gross, hideous, horrible, impertinent, insolent, invidious, irritating, nauseating, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, off-color*, opprobrious, outrageous, repellent, reprehensible, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rotten, rude, shocking, stinking*, terrible, uncivil, unmannerly, horrid, offending |
| Antonyms: | agreeable, kind, nice, pleasing, respectful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ignominious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | humiliating |
| Synonyms: | disgraceful, dishonorable, embarrassing, inglorious, shameful, discreditable |
| Main Entry: | baffle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perplex |
| Synonyms: | amaze, astound, befuddle, bewilder, confound, confuse, daze, disconcert, dumbfound, elude, embarrass, faze, floor*, get, mix up, muddle, mystify, nonplus, puzzle, rattle, stick*, stump*, stun, throw, addle, buffalo |
| Antonyms: | clear up, enlighten, explain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | beset |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plague; hem in |
| Synonyms: | aggress, assail, attack, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, besiege, bug*, circle*, compass, dog*, drive up the wall, embarrass, encircle, enclose, encompass, entangle, environ, fall on, fall upon, girdle, give a bad time, give a hard time, give one the business, give the needle, harass, harry, hassle, infest, invade, jump on one's case, nag, nudge, overrun, perplex, pester, pick on, put the squeeze on, ride, ring, start in on, storm, strike, surround |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bother |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | harass, annoy; give trouble |
| Synonyms: | afflict, aggravate, agitate, alarm, badger, bedevil, bore, browbeat, concern, cross, discommode, disconcert, disgust, dismay, displease, disquiet, distress, disturb, eat, embarrass, exacerbate, exasperate, goad, grieve, harry, hinder, hurt, impede, inconvenience, insult, irk, irritate, molest, nag, needle, nudge, pain, perplex, perturb, pester, pick on, plague, provoke, pursue, put out, ride, scare, spite, tantalize, taunt, tease, torment, trouble, upset, vex, worry, carp at, grate on, intrude upon |
| Antonyms: | aid, help, please |
| Main Entry: | chagrin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause displeasure |
| Synonyms: | abash, annoy, confuse, crush, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, disgrace, dismay, displease, disquiet, dissatisfy, embarrass, humiliate, irk, irritate, mortify, peeve, perturb, shame, upset, vex |
| Antonyms: | delight, please, make happy |
| Main Entry: | compromise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put in jeopardy |
| Synonyms: | blight, cop out*, discredit, dishonor, embarrass, endanger, explode, expose, give in, hazard, imperil, implicate, jeopardize, mar, menace, peril, prejudice, risk, ruin, sell out, spoil, weaken, put under suspicion |
| Antonyms: | guard, protect, save |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | confound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse |
| Synonyms: | abash, amaze, astonish, astound, baffle, bewilder, blend, bug*, commingle, confute, discomfit, discountenance, dumbfound, embarrass, faze, fiddle, flabbergast, jumble, mix, mix up*, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, rattle, screw up*, startle, surprise, throw*, befog, discombobulate, metagrobolize, misidentify |
| Antonyms: | clarify, clear up, enlighten, explain, relate, make clear |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | confuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bewilder someone |
| Synonyms: | abash, amaze, astonish, baffle, becloud, bedevil, befuddle, bemuse, cloud, clutter, complicate, confound, darken, daze, demoralize, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, distract, embarrass, faze, fluster, fog, frustrate, involve, mess up*, misinform, mislead, mortify, muddle, mystify, nonplus, obscure, perplex, perturb, puzzle, rattle, shame, stump, throw off, trouble, unhinge, unsettle, upset, worry, addle, disorient, fuddle, lead astray, render uncertain, stir up, throw off balance |
| Antonyms: | clarify, clear up, enlighten, explain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | browbeat, intimidate |
| Synonyms: | abash, appall, awe, bludgeon, bluster, bulldoze, bully, daunt, discomfit, disconcert, dishearten, dismay, embarrass, enforce, faze, frighten, hector, rattle, scare, strong-arm*, subdue, terrorize, unnerve, buffalo, dragoon, lean on, overawe, push around, showboat, turn on the heat, walk heavy |
| Antonyms: | encourage, hearten, inspirit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | demoralize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depress, unnerve |
| Synonyms: | abash, blow up, chill, cripple, damp, dampen, daunt, debilitate, deject, disarrange, disconcert, discountenance, discourage, dishearten, disorder, disorganize, disparage, disturb, embarrass, enfeeble, jumble, muddle, nonplus, rattle, sap, shake, snarl, undermine, unsettle, unzip, upset, weaken, blow out, dispirit, get to*, psych out, send up*, take apart, take steam out, unglue, unman |
| Antonyms: | boost, comfort, encourage, uplift |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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