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embarrassment
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embarrassment
n.
shame, uneasiness, confusion
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Embarrassment
Embarrassment is an emotional state of intense discomfort with oneself, experienced when having a socially unacceptable act or condition witnessed by or revealed to others. Usually some amount of loss of honor or dignity is involved, but how much and the type depends on the embarrassing situation. It is similar to shame, except that shame may be experienced for an act known only to oneself. Also, embarrassment usually carries the connotation of being caused by an act that is merely socially unacceptable, rather than morally wrong.
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embarrassment
Noun
1. the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public
(hypernym) shame
(hyponym) self-consciousness, uneasiness, uncomfortableness
2. the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy); "he is currently suffering financial embarrassments"
(hypernym) emotional state, spirit
3. some event that causes someone to be embarrassed; "the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals"
(antonym) disembarrassment
(hypernym) trouble
(derivation) embarrass, abash
4. extreme excess; "an embarrassment of riches"
(synonym) overplus, plethora, superfluity
(hypernym) excess, excessiveness, inordinateness
(hyponym) redundancy, redundance
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embarrassment
n.
rozpačitost (stal se ostudou rodiny; dělá své dceři ostudu/ztrapňuje svou dceru; byly pro vládu ostudou)
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embarrassment
Rzecz.
zażenowanie; zakłopotanie; ktoś/coś, kto/co przynosi wstyd lub wprawia w zakłopotanie
