empathic embarrassment

English

Noun

empathic embarrassment (plural empathic embarrassments)

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

Synonyms

Translations
embarrassment felt for someone else: vicarious embarrassment — see vicarious embarrassment
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