Embarrassment
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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 a socially unacceptable, or frowne
A woman covering her eyes as an expression of embarrassment
An embarrassing proposal by Antoine Watteau
Shame
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Shame is an unpleasant self-conscious emotion associated with negative self-evaluation in relation to social norms and one’s personal moral standards. It can generate feelings of pain, exposure, distr
Embarrassment
…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…
Eve covers herself and lowers her head in shame in Rodin's Eve after the Fall.
Person hiding face and showing posture of shame (while wearing a Sanbenito and coroza hat) in Goya's sketch "For being born somewhere else". The person has been shamed by the Spanish Inquisition.
A girl feeling ashamed as two other girls taunt behind her back