embarrassment
/ɪmˈbæɹ.əs.mənt/ noun B1- A state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation.
- A person or thing which is the cause of humiliation to another. · Jack, you are an embarrassment to this family.· Losing this highly publicized case was an embarrassment to the firm.
- A large collection of good or valuable things, especially one that exceeds requirements or causes some sort of hindrance.
- A state of confusion; hesitation; uncertainty.
- Impairment of function due to disease: respiratory embarrassment.
- Difficulty in financial matters; poverty.
- A group of pandas (ie. red panda, giant panda)
Plural embarrassments
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Morrel smiled with an expression very like a grimace, and then turned round to Monte Cristo, as if to ask him to extricate him from his embarrassment.
She had instinctively turned away; but stopping on his approach, received his compliments with an embarrassment impossible to be overcome.
Amazed at the alteration of his manner since they last parted, every sentence that he uttered was increasing her embarrassment; and every idea of the impropriety of her being found there recurring to her mind, the few minutes in which they continued together were some of the most uncomfortable of her life.
Ferguson gently disengaged himself from the embrace with some little show of embarrassment.
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