Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - embarrassment
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Embarrassment
embarrassment
(embarrassments) 1. Embarrassment is the feeling you have when you are embarrassed. It is a source of embarrassment to Londoners that the standard of pubs is so low... We apologise for any embarrassment this may have caused. N-VAR: oft N prep 2. An embarrassment is an action, event, or situation which causes problems for a politician, political party, government, or other public group. The poverty figures were undoubtedly an embarrassment to the president. N-COUNT: usu with supp 3. If you refer to a person as an embarrassment, you mean that you disapprove of them but cannot avoid your connection with them. You have been an embarrassment to us from the day Douglas married you. N-SING: a N c darkgreen]disapproval
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1.
noun Date: 1729 1. a. something that embarrasses the scandal was a major ~ b. an excessive quantity from which to select — used especially in the phrase ~ of riches 2. the state of being embarrassed: as a. confusion or disturbance of mind couldn't hide her ~ b. difficulty arising from the want of money to pay debts c. difficulty in functioning as a result of disease cardiac ~ ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
noun 1) затруднение; препятствие, помеха 2) замешательство, смущение 3) запутанность (в делах, долгах) Syn: chagrin, discomposure, humiliation, mortification, shame Ant: brashness, composure, confidence, contentment, exaltation, temerity ...Англо-русский словарь
3.
~ n 1 the feeling you have when you are embarrassed + a (He could not hide his embarrassment at his children's rudeness.) 2 an event that causes a government, political organization etc problems (The allegations have been an embarrassment to the administration.) 3 someone who behaves in a way that makes you feel ashamed and uncomfortable (His mother's boasting was an embarrassment to him.) 4 financial embarrassment debts or a lack of money that causes problems for you 5 embarrassment of riches so many good things that it is difficult to decide which one you want ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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