embarrassment
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- Causes
- Professional embarrassment
- Vicarious embarrassment
- Types in social psychology
- Etymology
- In Judaism
- See also
- References
- External links
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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.