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Embarrassment

//ɪmˈbæɹ.əs.mənt// noun

Noun

1
A state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation. countable, uncountable
"The desired effect [of affectionate teasing] is a look of pleasurable embarrassment, as if you administered a compliment. Anyone who doesn't stop teasing immediately upon producing real embarrassment, anger or tears is not really teasing."
2
extreme excess wordnet
3
A person or thing which is the cause of humiliation to another. countable, uncountable
"Jack, you are an embarrassment to this family."
4
some event that causes someone to be embarrassed wordnet
5
A large collection of good or valuable things, especially one that exceeds requirements or causes some sort of hindrance. countable, uncountable
"There are over 5,000 Americans now in Paris, many artists, singers, musicians, writers, and actors, so many, indeed, the committee could hardly pick a program from an embarrassment of volunteers."

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6
the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public wordnet
7
A state of confusion; hesitation; uncertainty. countable, uncountable
"[…]and render them more intelligible than all the commentaries which have been written on them, for they generally render the authour more obscure, and lead the reader into greater embarrassments, by what they explain, than by what they leave untouched."
8
the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy) wordnet
9
Impairment of function due to disease: respiratory embarrassment. countable, uncountable
10
Difficulty in financial matters; poverty. countable, dated, uncountable
11
A group of pandas (ie. red panda, giant panda) collective, countable, uncountable

From embarrass + -ment.

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