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   em·bar·rass·ment

   /əmˈberəsmənt/

   noun

   • 1. a feeling of self-consciousness, shame, or awkwardness: "I turned red with embarrassment" Similar awkwardnessself-consciousnessuneaseuneasinessdiscomfortdiscomfitureedginessshamehumiliationmortificationignominysheepishnessshynessbashfulnessdiscomposureflusterednessperturbationconfusionagitationdistresschagrinOpposite confidence
   • ▪ a person or thing causing embarrassment: "he was an embarrassment who was safely left ignored"
   • ▪ financial difficulty: "his temporary financial embarrassment" Similar difficultypredicamentplightproblemmessentanglementimbrogliodilemmaquandaryinformal:bindjampicklefixscrape

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   The meaning of EMBARRASSMENT is something that embarrasses. How to use embarrassment in a sentence.

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   the feeling of being embarrassed, or something that makes you feel embarrassed: She blushed with embarrassment. an embarrassment to My parents are an embarrassment to me! Fewer examples. I could have died of embarrassment. He rustled his papers to hide his embarrassment.

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   EMBARRASSMENT meaning: 1. the feeling of being embarrassed, or something that makes you feel embarrassed: 2. the feeling…. Learn more.

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   Embarrassment definition: the state of being embarrassed; disconcertment; abashment.. See examples of EMBARRASSMENT used in a sentence.

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   When you feel embarrassment, you are self-conscious or ashamed. Embarrassment might keep you from wearing your Statue of Liberty Halloween costume in public.

7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishEMBARRASSMENT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   An embarrassment is an action, event, or situation which causes problems for a politician, political party, government, or other public group. The poverty figures were undoubtedly an embarrassment to the president.

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   n. 1. The act or an instance of embarrassing: His embarrassment of the guests ended the party. 2. The state of being embarrassed: My face turned red with embarrassment. 3. A source or cause of being embarrassed: Your display of rudeness was an embarrassment to me. 4.