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.

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embarrassment [ɪmˈbærəsmənt]

n

1. the state of being embarrassed

2. something that embarrasses

3. a financial predicament

4. an excessive amount; superfluity

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 We apologise for any embarrassment this statement may have caused.

2. problem, difficulty, nuisance, source of trouble, thorn in your flesh The poverty figures were an embarrassment to the president.

3. predicament, problem, difficulty (informal), mess, jam (informal), plight, scrape (informal), pickle (informal) He is in a state of temporary financial embarrassment.

an embarrassment of riches

4. overabundance, excess, surplus, glut, profusion, surfeit, superabundance, superfluity The art gallery has an embarrassment of riches, with nowhere to put most of them.

Translations

embarrassment [ɪmˈbærəsmənt] N

1. (= state) → vergüenza f, pena f (LAm)
I am in a state of some embarrassment → mi situación es algo delicada
financial embarrassment → dificultades fpl económicas
to have an embarrassment of riches → tener mucho donde elegir

2. (= cause) → molestia f, vergüenza f
you are an embarrassment to us → eres un estorbo para nosotros

embarrassment [ɪmˈbærəsmənt] n

(= feeling of shame) → gêne f, embarras m
embarrassment about sth → gêne vis-à-vis de qch
to his embarrassment → à son grand embarras

(= embarrassing event, situation) → embarras m (= embarrassing person) → honte f
to be an embarrassment to sb [event, situation] → mettre qn dans l'embarras; [person] → faire honte à qn

(= superfluity) → embarras m
an embarrassment of riches → l'embarras du choix

embarrassment

n → Verlegenheit f; (through generosity also) → Beschämung f; to cause embarrassment to somebody → jdn in Verlegenheit bringen, jdn verlegen machen; to be a constant source of embarrassment to somebody → jdn ständig in Verlegenheit bringen; to my great embarrassment she … → sie …, was mir sehr peinlich war; she’s an embarrassment to her family → sie blamiert die ganze Familie (inf); financial embarrassment → finanzielle Verlegenheit; an embarrassment of riches → ein verwirrender Reichtum

embarrassment [ɪmˈbærəsmənt] n → imbarazzo
to be an embarrassment to sb → essere fonte d'imbarazzo per qn
financial embarrassments → difficoltà fpl economiche

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embarrassment [ɪmˈbærəsmənt] n → imbarazzo
to be an embarrassment to sb → essere fonte d'imbarazzo per qn
financial embarrassments → difficoltà fpl economiche