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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024em•bar•rass•ment /ɛmˈbærəsmənt/USA pronunciation n. - [uncountable] a feeling of shame, self-consciousness, or uncomfortableness:embarrassment at forgetting my wallet.
someone or something that causes such a feeling:[countable]His speeches were an embarrassment to his party. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024em•bar•rass•ment (em bar′əs mənt),USA pronunciation n. - the state of being embarrassed;
disconcertment;
abashment. - an act or instance of embarrassing.
- something that embarrasses.
- an overwhelmingly excessive amount;
overabundance:an embarrassment of riches. - the state of being in financial difficulties.
- Medicineimpairment of functioning associated with disease:respiratory embarrassment.
- French embarrassement. See embarrass, -ment
- 1670–80
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged discomposure. See shame.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: emˈbarrassment /ɪmˈbærəsmənt/ n - the state of being embarrassed
- something that embarrasses
- a financial predicament
- an excessive amount; superfluity
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