embarrassment
(noun)
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
Sentences with embarrassment as a noun:
- Kevin, you are an embarrassment to this family.
- Losing this highly publicized case was an embarrassment to the firm.