embarrassment

noun

1. the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public

Definition categories: feeling, shame

2. the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy)

- he is currently suffering financial embarrassments

Definition categories: state, spirit

3. some event that causes someone to be embarrassed

- the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals

Definition categories: event, trouble

4. extreme excess

- an embarrassment of riches

Similar word(s): overplus, plethora, superfluity

Definition categories: attribute, excess, excessiveness, inordinateness