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Definition of Embarrassment
1. Noun. The shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public.
Specialized synonyms: Self-consciousness, Uncomfortableness, Uneasiness, Shamefacedness, Sheepishness, Chagrin, Humiliation, Mortification, Confusion, Discombobulation, Abashment, Bashfulness, Discomfiture, Discomposure, Disconcertion, Disconcertment
2. Noun. The state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy). "He is currently suffering financial embarrassments"
3. Noun. Some event that causes someone to be embarrassed. "The outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals"
4. Noun. Extreme excess. "An embarrassment of riches"
Generic synonyms: Excess, Excessiveness, Inordinateness
Specialized synonyms: Redundance, Redundancy
Derivative terms: Plethoric, Superfluous
Definition of Embarrassment
1. n. 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.
Definition of Embarrassment
1. Noun. A state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation. ¹
2. Noun. A state of confusion arising from hesitation or difficulty in choosing. ¹
3. Noun. A person or thing which is the cause of humiliation to another. ¹
4. Noun. (medical) Impairment of function due to disease: ''respiratory embarrassment''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Embarrassment
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Embarrassment
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Literary usage of Embarrassment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diary of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson by Gideon Welles (1911)
"... of the Success of Sherman at Atlanta on the Opposition to Lincoln — embarrassment
caused by the Treasury's Delay in Payment of Navy Requisitions—. ..."
2. The Health Gap: Beyond Pregnancy and Reproduction by Jennifer Kitts, Janet Hatcher Roberts (1996)
"SHAME AND embarrassment Shame and embarrassment can lead to a reluctance on the
... Health services must be sensitive to the shame and embarrassment many ..."
3. Essays and Essay-writing: Based on Atlantic Monthly Models by William Maddux Tanner (1918)
"THE embarrassment OF FINALITY ' LIVE as if each moment were your last.' How often
I used to come across such advice in the books that I read! ..."
4. Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (1876)
"... of a man who, in an emaciated threadbare condition, imposed a certain awe on
Deronda, and an embarrassment at not meeting his expectations. ..."
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