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1. (n.) embarrassment
the state of being embarrassed; discomposure.
2. embarrassment
an act of embarrassing.
3. embarrassment
one that embarrasses.
4. embarrassment
an excess:
an embarrassment of riches.
5. embarrassment
financial difficulty.
6. embarrassment
Med. impairment of functioning associated with disease:
respiratory embarrassment.
Etymology: (1525–35; alter. of ambassage < OF ambasse (< ML ambactia office; see embassy ))
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| Definition of 'embarrassment' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) embarrassment
the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public
2. (noun) embarrassment
the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy)
"he is currently suffering financial embarrassments"
3. (noun) embarrassment
some event that causes someone to be embarrassed
"the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals"
4. (noun) overplus, plethora, superfluity, embarrassment
extreme excess
"an embarrassment of riches"
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1. (noun) embarrassment
the feeling of being embarrassed
Her embarrassment had stopped her from visiting the doctor.
2. embarrassment
sth or sb that causes sb to feel embarrassed
The national team was an embarrassment.
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| Definition of 'embarrassment' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) embarrassment
a state of being embarrassed; perplexity; impediment to freedom of action; entanglement; hindrance; confusion or discomposure of mind, as from not knowing what to do or to say; disconcertedness
2. (noun) embarrassment
difficulty or perplexity arising from the want of money to pay debts
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Sense: to involve in (especially financial) difficulties
embarrassed by debts.
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 Afrikaans: verleentheid, belemmerend |
 Arabic: إرْباك، إحْراج، إعاقَه |
 Bulgarian: смущение |
 Brazilian: embaraço |
 Czech: rozpaky |
 German: die Verlegenheit |
 Danish: forlegenhed; flovhed |
 Greek: αμηχανία |
 Spanish: vergüenza |
 Estonian: kohmetus, raskused |
 Farsi: خجالت؛ شرمندگی |
 Finnish: häpeä |
 French: embarras |
 Hebrew: מְבוּכָה |
 Hindi: घबराहट |
 Croatian: zapletanje |
 Hungarian: zavar(odottság) |
 Indonesian: rasa malu |
 Icelandic: það að koma (e-m) í vanda |
 Italian: imbarazzo |
 Japanese: 当惑 |
 Korean: 당황 |
 Lithuanian: sumišimas |
 Latvian: apmulsums; apgrūtināšana |
 Malay: keseganan |
 Dutch: verlegenheid |
 Norwegian: forlegenhet, flauhet |
 Polish: zakłopotanie |
 Persian: خجالت؛ شرمندگی |
 Pashto: بى وارى، وار خطايى ، شرم |
 Portuguese: embaraço |
 Romanian: stinghereală, jenă |
 Russian: смущение; обременённость |
 Slovak: rozpaky |
 Slovenian: zadrega |
 Serbian: neprijatnost |
 Swedish: förlägenhet, [ekonomiskt] |
 Thai: ความลำบากใจ |
 Turkish: utanma |
 Taiwanese: 尷尬，拮据 |
 Ukrainian: збентеження; труднощі |
 Urdu: شرمندگی |
 Vietnamese: sự lúng túng |
 Chinese: 困窘，拮据 |
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