fear of embarrassment
Shame avoidance instinct
Fear of embarrassment is anxiety about being humiliated, looking foolish, or losing face in front of others.
It can range from mild self-consciousness to paralyzing dread that prevents people from speaking up, trying new things, or taking social risks: Her fear of embarrassment kept her from asking questions in class.
The clinical term is katagelophobia.
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- lose facebecome publicly shamed
- blushFacial reddening from emotion
- awkwardLacking grace or ease
- awkward silenceUncomfortable lull in conversation
humiliation · cringe · self-conscious · mortified · spotlight · stage fright · stammer · fumble · foot in mouth · judged · fear of judgment · exposure · vulnerable · ridicule · social · social anxiety · anxiety · sweating
- social fearssocial anxiety, social phobia, fear of judgment, fear of rejection, shyness
- social disorderssocial anxiety, social phobia, social withdrawal, social isolation, social awkwardness
fear of embarrassmentconfidence
Self-assurance or trust
self-assurance · poise · composure · self-possession · boldness
fear of embarrassmentshamelessness
Absence of moral embarrassment
thick skin · unselfconsciousness · brazenness · audacity · unabashedness
fear of embarrassmentexhibitionism
Urge to expose oneself
attention-seeking · stage presence · showmanship · extroversion
fears, feared, fearing, fearful, fearfully, fearfulness, fearless, fearlessly, fearlessness