"embarrassment" in the noun sense
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"
4. overplus, plethora, superfluity, embarrassment
extreme excess
"an embarrassment of riches"
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