shame, uneasiness, confusion
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Embarrassment Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
Difficulty or perplexity arising from the want of money to pay debts.
Difficulty or perplexity arising from the want of money to pay debts.
(n.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA 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.
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. irving. the embarrassments tom commerce growing out of the late regulations.
2. difficulty or perplexity arising from the want of money to pay debts.
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inductive embarrassment
Noun
1. the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public
(hypernym) shame
(hyponym) self-consciousness, uneasiness, uncomfortableness
2. the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy); "he is currently suffering financial embarrassments"
(hypernym) emotional state, spirit
3. some event that causes someone to be embarrassed; "the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals"
(antonym) disembarrassment
(hypernym) trouble
(derivation) embarrass, abash
4. extreme excess; "an embarrassment of riches"
(synonym) overplus, plethora, superfluity
(hypernym) excess, excessiveness, inordinateness
(hyponym) redundancy, redundance
Embarrassment Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Embarrassment is an emotional state of intense discomfort with oneself, experienced upon having a socially unacceptable act or condition witnessed by or revealed to others. Usually some amount of loss of honour or dignity is involved, but how much and the type depends on the embarrassing situation. It is similar to shame, except that shame may be experienced for an act known only to oneself. Also, embarrassment usually carries the connotation of being caused by an act that is merely socially unacceptable, rather than morally wrong.
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