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noun
A state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A person or thing which is the cause of humiliation to another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A large collection of good or valuable things, especially one that exceeds requirements or causes some sort of hindrance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A state of confusion; hesitation; uncertainty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Impairment of function due to disease: respiratory embarrassment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
Difficulty in financial matters; poverty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dated, uncountable
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noun
A group of pandas (ie. red panda, giant panda)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: collective, countable, uncountable
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noun
extreme excess
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: overplus, plethora, superfluity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: excess, excessiveness, inordinateness
Narrower terms: redundancy, redundance
noun
some event that causes someone to be embarrassed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: disembarrassment
Broader terms: trouble
noun
the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shame
Narrower terms: self-consciousness, uneasiness, uncomfortableness, shamefacedness, sheepishness, chagrin, humiliation, mortification, confusion, discombobulation, abashment, bashfulness, discomfiture, discomposure, disconcertion, disconcertment
noun
the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: emotional state, spirit
History
Etymology tree Akkadian 𒆟 (rakāsum) Akkadian 𒄙 (markasu)bor. Classical Syriac ܡܰܪܫܳܐ (maršā)bor. Arabic مَرَسَة (marasa)der. Old Galician-Portuguese baraço Old Galician-Portuguese embaraçarbor. Old Spanish embaraçar Spanish embarazarbor. French embarrasserbor. English embarrass Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English embarrassment From embarrass + -ment.
Across languages
67 source translations are retained for this English entry.
