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embarrassment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | overplus, plethora, superfluity |
| Type of | excessiveness, excess, inordinateness |
| Has types | redundance, redundancy |
an embarrassment of riches.
embarrassment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | trouble |
| Derivation | embarrass |
the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals.
embarrassment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | shame |
| Has types | disconcertion, disconcertment, humiliation, mortification, self-consciousness, shamefacedness, sheepishness, uneasiness, bashfulness, chagrin, confusion, discombobulation, discomfiture, discomposure, uncomfortableness, abashment |
embarrassment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | spirit, emotional state |
he is currently suffering financial embarrassments.
Examples of embarrassment
embarrassment
As far as the potential embarrassment of lugging a 7-9 record into the playoffs?
From the thenewstribune.com
Save your child the embarrassment of scrounging for a pencil at the last moment.
From the thenewstribune.com
Nick Compton's century spared Somerset potential embarrassment against Unicorns.
From the independent.co.uk
So, renegotiating halfway through could have been seen as a major embarrassment.
From the guardian.co.uk
The on-again, off-again sale of GM's German Opel unit has been an embarrassment.
From the freep.com
Heavily polluted air during the Olympics would be a huge embarrassment to China.
From the voanews.com
For me, four big winners playing at the same time is an embarrassment of riches.
From the fresnobee.com
Some write on blogs that she is an embarrassment to Islam, or to Egyptian women.
From the washingtonpost.com
As an Australian, I have had the embarrassment of following this case in detail.
From the newscientist.com
- The shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public
- The state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy); "he is currently suffering financial embarrassments"
- Some event that causes someone to be embarrassed; "the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals"
- Overplus: extreme excess; "an embarrassment of riches"
- (embarrass) cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
- (embarrass) obstruct: hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His brother blocked him at every turn"
- (embarrassed) abashed: feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious; "felt abashed at the extravagant praise"; "chagrined at the poor sales of his book"; "was embarrassed by her child's tantrums"
- (embarrassed) made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride; "too embarrassed to say hello to his drunken father on the street"; "humiliated that his wife had to go out to work"; "felt mortified by the comparison with her sister"
- (embarrassing) awkward: hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment; "awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion"; "an awkward pause followed his remark"; "a sticky question"; "in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the ...
