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embarrassment

[em-bar-uhs-muhnt]

noun

  1. the state of being embarrassed; disconcertment; abashment.

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  2. an act or instance of embarrassing.

  3. something that embarrasses.

  4. an overwhelmingly excessive amount; overabundance.

    an embarrassment of riches.

  5. the state of being in financial difficulties.

  6. Medicine/Medical.impairment of functioning associated with disease.

    respiratory embarrassment.



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Other 51Թ Forms

  • preembarrassment noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of embarrassment1

From the French word embarrassement, dating back to 1670–80. See embarrass, -ment
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Synonym Study

See shame.
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"I understood that she is a juvenile, I took all the precautions to avoid embarrassment."

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Baldoni's legal team asked Lively to release her medical records, including therapy notes, as part of its defence against her claims she suffered "severe emotional distress and pain, humiliation, embarrassment", Variety said.

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But it happens that the acronym isn’t the biggest embarrassment confronting his tariff policy: On Wednesday, the U.S.

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“Maybe ceramics wasn’t for me,” the little voice in my head said as I recoiled from embarrassment.

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The claimant is asking for more than $300,000 in damages over claims including assault, battery and “emotional distress, humiliation, embarrassment, mental distress and anxiety.”

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