vicarious embarrassment

Noun

countable uncountable

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

Japanese Meaning

他人が恥をかく様子を見て、自分も恥ずかしいと感じてしまう、不快な共感情

I felt intense vicarious embarrassment when he tripped onstage and kept trying to laugh it off.

彼が舞台でつまずいて取り繕いながら笑おうとするのを見て、私は強い「人の失敗を見て恥ずかしくなる気持ち」を覚えた。

Sense（1）

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

vicarious embarrassments

（ plural ）