English to English noun
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the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public | | source: wordnet30
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the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy) | | Example: he is currently suffering financial embarrassments
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some event that causes someone to be embarrassed | | Example: the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals
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extreme excess | | Example: an embarrassment of riches
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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. | | source: webster1913
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