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embarrassment - 4 dictionary results

em⋅bar⋅rass⋅ment

[em-bar-uhs-muhnt]
–noun
1. the state of being embarrassed; disconcertment; abashment.
2. an act or instance of embarrassing.
3. something that embarrasses.
4. an overwhelmingly excessive amount; overabundance: an embarrassment of riches.
5. the state of being in financial difficulties.
6. Medicine/Medical. impairment of functioning associated with disease: respiratory embarrassment.

Origin:
1670–80; < F embarrassement. See embarrass, -ment


1. discomposure. See shame.
em·bar·rass·ment   (ěm-bār'əs-mənt)   
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.

Embarrassment

Em*bar"rass*ment\, n. [F. embarrassement.]

1. A state of being embarrassed; perplexity; impediment to freedom of action; entanglement; hindrance; confusion or discomposure of mind, as from not knowing what to do or to say; disconcertedness.

The embarrassment which inexperienced minds have often to express themselves upon paper. --W. Irving.

The embarrassments tom commerce growing out of the late regulations. --Bancroft.

2. Difficulty or perplexity arising from the want of money to pay debts.

Main Entry: em·bar·rass·ment
Pronunciation: im-'bar-&-sm&nt
Function: noun
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