Embarrassment Definition

ĕm-bărəs-mənt
noun
The act or an instance of embarrassing.
His embarrassment of the guests ended the party.
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The state of being embarrassed.
My face turned red with embarrassment.
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A source or cause of being embarrassed.
Your display of rudeness was an embarrassment to me.
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An overabundance.
An embarrassment of choices at a buffet dinner; an embarrassment of riches.
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Financial difficulty.
Fell into financial embarrassment.
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Other Word Forms of Embarrassment

Noun

Singular:
embarrassment
Plural:
embarrassments

Origin of Embarrassment

Embarrassment Sentence Examples

  • They talk to me without embarrassment or awkwardness.

  • There was no guilt or embarrassment in the thought.

  • Unshed tears of embarrassment were starting to burn her eyes.

  • It had been nearly a month of empty Thursday nights since his no-show session with Ethel Rosewater and the beautiful Betty from Boise was offering an effective way to make sure that embarrassment was a temporary happening.

  • I can't understand why he wants to go to the war, replied Pierre, addressing the princess with none of the embarrassment so commonly shown by young men in their intercourse with young women.

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Words Ending With

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