Associations to the word «Embarrassment»

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

EMBARRASSMENT, noun. A state of confusion arising from hesitation or difficulty in choosing.

EMBARRASSMENT, noun. A person or thing which is the cause of humiliation to another.

EMBARRASSMENT, noun. (medical) Impairment of function due to disease: respiratory embarrassment.

EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES, noun. (idiomatic) An abundance or overabundance of something; too much of a good thing.

EMBARRASSMENT, noun. The shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public.

EMBARRASSMENT, noun. The state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy); "he is currently suffering financial embarrassments".

EMBARRASSMENT, noun. Some event that causes someone to be embarrassed; "the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals".

EMBARRASSMENT, noun. Extreme excess; "an embarrassment of riches".