Embarrassment Definition & Meaning

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Embarrassment

Embarrassment Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Embarrassment? [n] extreme excess; "an embarrassment of riches" [n] some event that causes someone to be embarrassed; "the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals" [n] the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public [n] the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy); "he is currently suffering financial embarrassments" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Embarrassment: nimiety \| overplus \| plethora \| superfluity Related Terms \| Find terms related to Embarrassment: abasement \| abashment \| absorption \| agitation \| awkwardness \| baffle \| bafflement \| bashfulness \| befuddlement \| bewilderment \| bind \| bother \| botheration \| broken fortune \| burden \| burthen \| cargo \| chagrin \| chaos \| charge \| cloud \| clumsiness \| clutch \| comedown \| complication \| confoundment \| confusion \| constraint \| coyness \| cross \| crunch \| cumbrance \| daze \| deadweight \| debasement \| deflation \| demureness \| demurity \| descent \| difficulties \| difficulty \| dilemma \| disadvantage \| discombobulation \| discomfiture \| discomfort \| discomposure \| disconcert \| disconcertedness \| disconcertion \| disconcertment \| discountenance \| disgrace \| disorder \| disorganization \| disorientation \| distress \| disturbance \| dump \| embarrassing position \| encumbrance \| engagement \| enigma \| enmeshment \| entanglement \| excess \| fine how-do-you-do \| fix \| flummox \| flurry \| fluster \| flutter \| fog \| freight \| frenzy \| fuddle \| fuddlement \| genteel poverty \| hamper \| handicap \| hangdog look \| hard pinch \| hardship \| haze \| hell to pay \| hobble \| hot water \| how-do-you-do \| humbled pride \| humiliation \| imbroglio \| impecuniosity \| impecuniousness \| impediment \| impedimenta \| implication \| imposition \| inclusion \| inconvenience \| insolvency \| involution \| involvement \| jam \| jumble \| letdown \| light purse \| load \| lumber \| maze \| mess \| mist \| mix \| morass \| mortification \| mousiness \| muddle \| muddlement \| mystery \| narrow means \| nonplus \| onus \| oversupply \| pack \| parlous straits \| pass \| penalty \| perplexity \| perturbation \| pickle \| pinch \| plight \| poorness \| pother \| poverty \| predicament \| pretty pass \| pretty pickle \| pretty predicament \| problem \| profusion \| pucker \| put-down \| puzzle \| puzzlement \| quagmire \| quandary \| quicksand \| relation \| riddle \| ruffle \| scrape \| self-abasement \| self-abnegation \| self-consciousness \| self-diminishment \| setdown \| shame \| shamefacedness \| shamefastness \| shuffle \| shyness \| skittishness \| slender means \| slough \| spot \| squeeze \| stagefright \| stammering \| stew \| sticky wicket \| strain \| strait \| straitened circumstances \| straits \| superabundance \| superfluity \| surplus \| swamp \| sweat \| swivet \| tight spot \| tight squeeze \| tightrope \| timidity \| timidness \| timorousness \| tizzy \| tricky spot \| trouble \| unassuredness \| unease \| uneasiness \| unholy mess \| unprosperousness \| unsettlement \| upset \| vexation \| voluntary poverty \| vows of poverty \| weight \| white elephant See Also \| abashment \| bashfulness \| chagrin \| confusion \| discombobulation \| discomfiture \| discomposure \| disconcertion \| disconcertment \| emotional state \| excess \| excessiveness \| humiliation \| inordinateness \| mortification \| redundance \| redundancy \| self-consciousness \| shame \| shamefacedness \| sheepishness \| spirit \| trouble \| uncomfortableness \| uneasiness Embarrassment In Webster's Dictionary \Embar"rassment\, n. [F. embarrassement.] 1. 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. The embarrassment which inexperienced minds have often to express themselves upon paper. --W. Irving. The embarrassments tom commerce growing out of the late regulations. --Bancroft. 2. Difficulty or perplexity arising from the want of money to pay debts.

Embarrassment Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Embarrassment?

[n] extreme excess; "an embarrassment of riches"
[n] some event that causes someone to be embarrassed; "the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals"
[n] the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public
[n] the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy); "he is currently suffering financial embarrassments"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Embarrassment: nimiety | overplus | plethora | superfluity

Embarrassment In Webster's Dictionary

\Em*bar"rass*ment\, n. [F. embarrassement.]
1. 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.

         The embarrassment which inexperienced minds have
         often to express themselves upon paper. --W. Irving.

         The embarrassments tom commerce growing out of the
         late regulations.                     --Bancroft.

2. Difficulty or perplexity arising from the want of money to
   pay debts.

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