embarrassment | to cause sb. embarrassment | to notice sb.'s embarrassment[Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Embarrassment \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.
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The embarrassment which inexperienced minds have
often to express themselves upon paper. --W. Irving.
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The embarrassments tom commerce growing out of the
late regulations. --Bancroft.
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2. Difficulty or perplexity arising from the want of money to
pay debts.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
embarrassment
n 1: the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made
public
2: the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial
inadequacy); "he is currently suffering financial
embarrassments"
3: some event that causes someone to be embarrassed; "the
outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals"
[ant: {disembarrassment}]
4: extreme excess; "an embarrassment of riches" [syn:
{overplus}, {plethora}, {superfluity}, {embarrassment}]
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