embarrassment

Meanings

Plural: embarrassments

Noun

• the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public
• the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy)
  • "he is currently suffering financial embarrassments"
• some event that causes someone to be embarrassed
  • "the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals"
• extreme excess
  • "an embarrassment of riches"
• 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.
• 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.

Synonyms

overplus, plethora, superfluity

Antonyms

disembarrassment