Embarrassment

Quick meaning: Embarrassment is a noun meaning A state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation.

Meaning

A state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation.

More Meanings

1. A person or thing which is the cause of humiliation to another.
2. A large collection of good or valuable things, especially one that exceeds requirements or causes some sort of hindrance.
3. A state of confusion; hesitation; uncertainty.
4. (medicine) Impairment of function due to disease: respiratory embarrassment.
5. (collective) A group of pandas (ie. red panda, giant panda)
6. (dated) Difficulty in financial matters; poverty.

Example Sentences

Jack, you are an embarrassment to this family.

Losing this highly publicized case was an embarrassment to the firm.

At one time, I reflected, we'd had an embarrassment of good, qualified squad leader—ready men in the platoon.

The landscape presented an embarrassment of riches for the industrial archaeologist, and eighteenth- and nineteenth-century remains were still visible in abundance

Word Forms

• embarrassments

Synonyms for embarrassment

Depending on context, synonyms include plethora, nimiety, superfluity, overplus.

Antonyms for embarrassment

Common opposites include disembarrassment.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include nimiety, overplus, superfluity, plethora, embarrassing, shame.

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