English Explanatory Dictionary

vicarious embarrassment

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The uncomfortable sympathetic feeling experienced while watching someone else embarrass themselves.

Word forms

vicarious embarrassment vicarious embarrassments

Synonyms

empathic embarrassment secondhand embarrassment Spanish shame
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