Embarrassment - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy)
Extra examples
She couldn't hide her embarrassment.
The scandal was a major embarrassment for the government.
He's an embarrassment to his family.
We felt embarrassment about the disclosure.
She suffered extreme embarrassment at not knowing how to read.
He could not hide his embarrassment at his children's rudeness.
To her embarrassment, she couldn't remember his name.
The allegations have been an acute embarrassment (=serious and severe embarrassment) to the Prime Minister.
The scandal was a further source of embarrassment to the government.
Tim's drinking has made him an embarrassment to the whole family.
A blunder that has cost her considerable embarrassment
He spared them the embarrassment of a public apology.
...back in the days when a bride who was visibly enceinte was a cause for family embarrassment...
...the indelicacy of their dinner conversation made the other guests wince in embarrassment...
...the toddler parroted everything her father said, often to the latter's embarrassment...
Word forms
singular: embarrassment
plural: embarrassments
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