embarrassment : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: embarrassment	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for embarrassment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
embarrassment n the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy); "he is currently suffering financial embarrassments" some event that causes someone to be embarrassed; "the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals" Antonym(s): disembarrassment extreme excess; "an embarrassment of riches" Synonym(s): overplus, plethora, superfluity, embarrassment
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Embarrassment \Embar"rassment\, n. [F. embarrassement.] 1. A state of being embarrassed; perplexity; impediment to freedom of action; entanglement; hindrance; confusion or discomposure of mind, as from not knowing what to do or to say; disconcertedness. The embarrassment which inexperienced minds have often to express themselves upon paper. --W. Irving. The embarrassments tom commerce growing out of the late regulations. --Bancroft. 2. Difficulty or perplexity arising from the want of money to pay debts.