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embarrassment
noun(em-bar-rass-ment)
extreme excess
Examples:
An embarrassment of riches.
embarrassment
noun(em-bar-rass-ment)
some event that causes someone to be embarrassed
Antonyms: disembarrassment,
Examples:
The outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals.
embarrassment
noun(em-bar-rass-ment)
the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public
embarrassment
noun(em-bar-rass-ment)
the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy)
Examples:
He is currently suffering financial embarrassments.

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