embarrassment

Phonetic

US /ɪmˈbærəsmənt/UK /ɪmˈbærəsmənt/

Translations

NOUNA 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.

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embarrassments: Plural

Examples

Democrats weaponizing flags to intimidate Alito is an embarrassment
Source:www.washingtonpost.com
(They can also induce reckless stimulus spending to avert any such embarrassment
Source:www.economist.com
When he “sprouts wood”, he may have to excuse himself for a bit just to avoid embarrassment, but the girls are now used to it and they knew pretty early not to tease him about it
Source:www.quora.com
Bass called(称为) the government(政府) case “an embarrassment(尴尬)” and noted the role race(种族) may have played in the arrests(拘捕).
Source:edition.cnn.com
A similar transformation is due for sexual problems, which lie beneath the same blanket of taboo and embarrassment as mental health once did
Source:www.economist.com

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