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embarrassment noun 1. shame, distress, showing up (informal) humiliation, discomfort, unease, chagrin, self-consciousness, awkwardness, mortification, discomfiture, bashfulness, discomposure noun 3. predicament, problem, difficulty (informal) mess, jam (informal) plight, scrape (informal) pickle (informal) Translations embarrassment [ɪmˈbærəsmənt] embarrass n → embarras m, gêne f (= embarrassing thing, person); source f d'embarras How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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"From San Francisco," replied the Woman, with embarrassment, as great beads of perspiration spangled her spiritual brow. I would not relieve her embarrassment, and negligently turned over the leaves of a book. She was much less embarrassed than he, while she betrayed her embarrassment not at all. |
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