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embarrassment
Embarrassment is defined as a feeling of humiliation or shame, or a person or thing causing you to feel ashamed, or an abundance.
(noun)- When you trip and a room full of people all start to laugh, this is an example of when you feel embarrassment.
- When your child behaves horribly, refusing to listen in front of everyone, this is an example of when your child is an embarrassment.
- When you have a large family that loves you, this is an example of an embarrassment of family love.
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See embarrassment in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- The act or an instance of embarrassing.
- The state of being embarrassed.
- A source or cause of being embarrassed.
- An overabundance: an embarrassment of choices at a buffet dinner; an embarrassment of riches.
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