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embarrassment

[ em-bar-uhs-muhnt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the state of being embarrassed; disconcertment; abashment.
Synonyms: discomposure
an act or instance of embarrassing.
something that embarrasses.
an overwhelmingly excessive amount; overabundance:
an embarrassment of riches.
the state of being in financial difficulties.
Medicine/Medical. impairment of functioning associated with disease:
respiratory embarrassment.

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

And that realization comes at the cost of severe, public embarrassment for many, including the victim/proposed.

Beyond the embarrassment, missing bowl games carries a real economic cost.

If none of these songs are likely to knock “Like a Rolling Stone” off your playlist, neither is anything here an embarrassment.

“The thing about me and embarrassment, you have to remember, is that it all happens on a scale,” she said.

When the judge finally asked Picasso if he knew Apollinaire, his embarrassment turned to rage.

Hereupon he was caused much embarrassment and discomfiture, for of the three girls, he knew not which one was Irene.

He jumped to his feet and wrung both her hands and kissed them to her great embarrassment.

This saves the embarrassment of crossing the room entirely unattended, while it shows others that you are a resident at the house.

He could not deny that many times before Black Hood had beaten him to the solution of crimes, much to his embarrassment.

My arrival placed the good old gentleman in no little embarrassment: his house was also already filled with travellers.

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