embarrassment
/ɪmˈbæɹ.əs.mənt/noun4 syllables
Embarrassment means: extreme excess.
Synonyms for embarrassment3
noun, as in extreme excess
overplus, plethora, superfluity
Opposites of embarrassment
disembarrassment
What does embarrassment mean?4
noun
1
extreme excess“an embarrassment of riches”
2
the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public
3
the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy)“he is currently suffering financial embarrassments”
4
some event that causes someone to be embarrassed“the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Embarrassment in a sentence
- To her embarrassment, her baby never stopped crying.unknown
- Out of embarrassment, he wants to sink into the earth.Miktsoanit
- Giggling with embarrassment, she held out the condom.jakov
- He seemed to have recovered from his embarrassment.Nuel
- This is an embarrassment in and of itself.U2FS
- I still vividly remember the embarrassment even today.WestofEden
- He went pale with fear and then turned red with embarrassment.catcher
- I couldn't even look at her face out of embarrassment.urro
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of embarrassment
as a noun
- plural
- embarrassments