n. | 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. |
2. | Difficulty or perplexity arising from the want of money to pay debts. |
Noun | 1. | embarrassment - the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public |
2. | embarrassment - the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy); "he is currently suffering financial embarrassments" | |
3. | embarrassment - some event that causes someone to be embarrassed; "the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals" Antonyms: disembarrassment - something that extricates you from embarrassment | |
4. | embarrassment - extreme excess; "an embarrassment of riches" |