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embarrassment

em·bar·rass·ment

UK/ɪmˈbæɹ.əs.mənt/ US/ɪmˈbɛɹ.əs.mənt/ fairly common

noun

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”
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4.

extreme excess

  • “an embarrassment of riches”
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Origin

From embarrass + -ment.

Phrases

  • criterion of embarrassment
  • embarrassment of riches
  • empathic embarrassment
  • how embarrassment
  • inductive embarrassment
  • secondhand embarrassment
  • vicarious embarrassment

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