noun
Meaning 1
The uncomfortable sympathetic feeling experienced while watching someone else embarrass themselves.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: empathic embarrassment, secondhand embarrassment, Spanish shame
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: embarrassment