embarrassment
NounUS[im-ber-uh-smuhnt]/ɪmˈbɛrəsmənt/4 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (4)
- the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made publicType of shameKinds chagrin, self-consciousness, confusion, discomfiture, shamefacedness, abashment
- the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy)“he is currently suffering financial embarrassments”Type of emotional state, spirit
- some event that causes someone to be embarrassed“the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals”Opposite disembarrassmentType of trouble
- extreme excess“an embarrassment of riches”Synonyms: overplusplethorasuperfluityType of excess, excessivenessKinds redundancy, redundance
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Translations
Noun state of discomfort
- Spanish
- vergüenza
- French
- embarras
- German
- Verlegenheit
- Italian
- imbarazzo
- Portuguese
- vergonha
- Turkish
- mahcubiyet
- Russian
- смуще́ние smuščénije
- Arabic
- إحْرَاج ʔiḥrāj
- Chinese
- 尴尬 gāngà
- Dutch
- verlegenheid
11 more languages
- Polish
- zażenowanie
- Swedish
- pinsamhet
- Indonesian
- kecanggungan
- Hungarian
- zavar
- Portuguese (PT)
- vergonha
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 尷尬 gāngà
- Danish
- forlegenhed
- Esperanto
- embaraso
- Finnish
- häpeä
- Hebrew
- מבוכה m'vukhá
- Romanian
- jenă
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Em·bar′rass·ment noun
Origin: 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.
The embarrassment which inexperienced minds have often to express themselves upon paper.— Washington Irving
The embarrassments tom commerce growing out of the late regulations.— George Bancroft
2. Difficulty or perplexity arising from the want of money to pay debts.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54