Embarrassment definition and meaning - Collins Dictionary

embarrassment in American English · 1. the state of being embarrassed; disconcertment; abashment · 2. an act or instance of embarrassing · 3. something that ... EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Sentences Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Japanese Definitionof 'embarrassment'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× embarrassment (ɪmbærəsmənt ) Wordforms:pluralembarrassments 1. variablenoun Embarrassmentisthefeelingyouhavewhenyouareembarrassed. ItisasourceofembarrassmenttoLondonersthatthestandardofpubsissolow.[+to] IthinkIwouldhavediedofembarrassment. Weapologiseforanyembarrassmentthismayhavecaused. Synonyms:shame,distress,showingup[informal],humiliation MoreSynonymsofembarrassment 2. countablenoun Anembarrassmentisanaction,event,orsituationwhichcausesproblemsforapolitician,politicalparty,government,orotherpublicgroup. Thepovertyfigureswereundoubtedlyanembarrassmenttothepresident.[+to] Synonyms:problem,difficulty,nuisance,sourceoftrouble MoreSynonymsofembarrassment 3. singularnoun Ifyourefertoapersonasanembarrassment,youmeanthatyoudisapproveofthembutcannotavoidyourconnectionwiththem. [disapproval]YouhavebeenanembarrassmenttousfromthedayDouglasmarriedyou.[+to] 4. Seeembarrassmentofriches MoreSynonymsofembarrassment COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Video:pronunciationof embarrassment Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables Synonymsof'embarrassment' LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'embarrassment' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'Boudicca' HindiTranslationof'embarrassment' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency embarrassmentinBritishEnglish (ɪmˈbærəsmənt ) noun1. thestateofbeingembarrassed 2. somethingthatembarrasses 3. afinancialpredicament 4. anexcessiveamount;superfluity CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers WordFrequency embarrassmentinAmericanEnglish (emˈbærəsmənt) noun1. thestateofbeingembarrassed;disconcertment;abashment 2. anactorinstanceofembarrassing 3. somethingthatembarrasses 4. anoverwhelminglyexcessiveamount;overabundance anembarrassmentofriches 5. thestateofbeinginfinancialdifficulties 6. Medicine impairmentoffunctioningassociatedwithdisease respiratoryembarrassment Mostmaterial©2005,1997,1991byPenguinRandomHouseLLC.Modifiedentries©2019 byPenguinRandomHouseLLCandHarperCollinsPublishersLtd Wordorigin[1670–80;‹Fembarrassement.Seeembarrass,-ment] Examplesof'embarrassment'inasentence embarrassment Theseexampleshavebeenautomaticallyselectedandmaycontainsensitivecontent.Readmore… Itisthoughtplayerswillnowhaveacurfewtoreturntotheteamhoteltoavoidanyfutureembarrassment.TheSun(2016)Midfieldoffersaveritableembarrassmentofriches.Times,SundayTimes(2012)Twograndseemsasniptoavoidsuchembarrassment.Times,SundayTimes(2007)Whatisalreadyapoliticalembarrassmentcouldturnintoaneconomicnightmare.Times,SundayTimes(2014)Thealternativewouldbeanationalembarrassmentandabetrayalofourfuture.Times,SundayTimes(2013)Nowhisregimeisasourceofnationalembarrassment.Times,SundayTimes(2009)Heshouldthrowinthetoweltosparehimselffurtherembarrassment.TheSun(2008)Whichdoesn'tsoundmuchofafinancialembarrassmentanymore,doesit?Times,SundayTimes(2008) Moreidiomscontaining embarrassment anembarrassmentofriches COBUILDCollocations embarrassment  causeembarrassment considerableembarrassment faceembarrassment fearofembarrassment furtherembarrassment hugeembarrassment majorembarrassment politicalembarrassment potentialembarrassment publicembarrassment savetheembarrassment Showmore... Trendsof embarrassment Viewusagefor: AllYears Last10years Last50years Last100years Last300years Inotherlanguages embarrassment BritishEnglish:embarrassment NOUN/ɪmˈbærəsmənt/Embarrassmentisthefeelingyouhavewhenyouareembarrassed.IthinkIwouldhavediedofembarrassment.AmericanEnglish:embarrassment /ɪmˈbærəsmənt/BrazilianPortuguese:constrangimento Chinese:尴尬EuropeanSpanish:vergüenza French:gêne German:Verlegenheit Italian:imbarazzo Japanese:きまり悪さKorean:무안함EuropeanPortuguese:constrangimento LatinAmericanSpanish:vergüenza Thai:ความอับอาย Translateyourtextforfree Browsealphabetically embarrassment embarrassingsecret embarrassingsituation embarrassinglybad embarrassment embarrassmentofriches embase embasement AllENGLISHwordsthatbeginwith'E' Relatedtermsof embarrassment faceembarrassment hugeembarrassment acuteembarrassment avoidembarrassment causeembarrassment Viewmorerelatedwords Source DefinitionofembarrassmentfromtheCollinsEnglishDictionary ReadabouttheteamofauthorsbehindCollinsDictionaries. 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