embarrassment

em·bar·rass·ment  (m-brs-mnt)

n.

1. The act or an instance of embarrassing.

2. The state of being embarrassed.

3. A source or cause of being embarrassed.

4. An overabundance: an embarrassment of choices at a buffet dinner; an embarrassment of riches.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	embarrassment - the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public shame - a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt self-consciousness, uncomfortableness, uneasiness - embarrassment deriving from the feeling that others are critically aware of you shamefacedness, sheepishness - feeling embarrassed about yourself chagrin, mortification, humiliation - strong feelings of embarrassment discombobulation, confusion - a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused abashment, bashfulness - feeling embarrassed due to modesty discomfiture, discomposure, disconcertion, disconcertment - anxious embarrassment
	2.	embarrassment - the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy); "he is currently suffering financial embarrassments" emotional state, spirit - the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection); "his emotional state depended on her opinion"; "he was in good spirits"; "his spirit rose"
	3.	embarrassment - some event that causes someone to be embarrassed; "the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals" trouble - an event causing distress or pain; "what is the trouble?"; "heart trouble" disembarrassment - something that extricates you from embarrassment
	4.	embarrassment - extreme excess; "an embarrassment of riches" overplus, plethora, superfluity excessiveness, inordinateness, excess - immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits redundance, redundancy - the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded; "the use of industrial robots created redundancy among workers"

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embarrassment

noun 1. shame, distress, showing up (informal) humiliation, discomfort, unease, chagrin, self-consciousness, awkwardness, mortification, discomfiture, bashfulness, discomposure

noun 2. problem, difficulty, nuisance, source of trouble, thorn in your flesh

noun 3. predicament, problem, difficulty (informal) mess, jam (informal) plight, scrape (informal) pickle (informal)

Translations

embarrassment [ɪmˈbærəsmənt] n → vergüenza, azoramiento;

(financial) → apuros mpl

embarrassment [ɪmˈbærəsmənt] embarrass n → embarras m, gêne f (= embarrassing thing, person); source f d'embarras

embarrassment [ɪmˈbærəsmənt] embarrass n → Verlegenheit f;

(embarrassing problem) → Peinlichkeit f

embarrassment [ɪmˈbærəsmənt] n → imbarazzo