embarrassment

em·bar·rass·ment

E0101300 (ĕm-băr′əs-mənt)n.1. The act or an instance of embarrassing: His embarrassment of the guests ended the party.2. The state of being embarrassed: My face turned red with embarrassment.3. A source or cause of being embarrassed: Your display of rudeness was an embarrassment to me.4. An overabundance: an embarrassment of choices at a buffet dinner; an embarrassment of riches.5. Financial difficulty: fell into financial embarrassment.

embarrassment

(ɪmˈbærəsmənt) n1. the state of being embarrassed2. something that embarrasses3. a financial predicament4. an excessive amount; superfluity

em•bar•rass•ment

(ɛmˈbær əs mənt)

n. 1. the state of being embarrassed; discomposure. 2. an act of embarrassing. 3. one that embarrasses. 4. an excess: an embarrassment of riches. 5. financial difficulty. 6. Med. impairment of functioning associated with disease: respiratory embarrassment. [1670–80; < French] syn: See shame.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	embarrassment - the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made publicshame - a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guiltself-consciousness, uncomfortableness, uneasiness - embarrassment deriving from the feeling that others are critically aware of youshamefacedness, sheepishness - feeling embarrassed about yourselfchagrin, mortification, humiliation - strong feelings of embarrassmentdiscombobulation, confusion - a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confusedabashment, bashfulness - feeling embarrassed due to modestydiscomfiture, 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, superfluityexcessiveness, inordinateness, excess - immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limitsredundance, redundancy - the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded; "the use of industrial robots created redundancy among workers"

embarrassment

noun1. 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 riches1. overabundance, excess, surplus, glut, profusion, surfeit, superabundance, superfluity The art gallery has an embarrassment of riches, with nowhere to put most of them.

embarrassment

noun1. Self-conscious distress:abashment, chagrin, confusion, discomfiture, discomposure.2. A condition of going or being beyond what is needed, desired, or appropriate:excess, excessiveness, exorbitance, extravagance, extravagancy, extravagantness, overabundance, plethora, superabundance, superfluity, superfluousness, surfeit.

Translations

困窘拮据

embarrass

(imˈbӕrəs) verb1. to cause to feel uneasy or self-conscious. She was embarrassed by his praise. 使窘迫 使窘迫2. to involve in (especially financial) difficulties. embarrassed by debts. 使拮据 使拮据emˈbarrassment noun 尷尬，拮据 困窘，拮据 emˈbarrassed adjectiveHe was embarrassed when the teacher asked him to read his essay to the class. 感到尷尬的 窘迫的，尴尬的 emˈbarrassing adjectivean embarrassing question. 令人尷尬的 令人为难的