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embarrassment
/ɛm'bærəsmənt/
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Definitions of embarrassment
  1. noun
    extreme excess
    "an embarrassment of riches"

    Similar: 

    overplus plethora superfluity
  2. noun
    some event that causes someone to be embarrassed
    "the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals"
    Opposite:
    disembarrassment
    type of:
    trouble
  3. noun
    the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public
    type of:
    shame
  4. noun
    the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy)
    "he is currently suffering financial embarrassments"
Examples of embarrassment
  • "an embarrassment of riches"
  • "the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals"
  • "he is currently suffering financial embarrassments"
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