Embarrassment meaning

What does “embarrassment” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“embarrassment” is a noun with 4 meanings. Its most common meaning is: the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public.

embarrassment

the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public
the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy)
“he is currently suffering financial embarrassments”
some event that causes someone to be embarrassed
“the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals”
Oppositesdisembarrassment
extreme excess
“an embarrassment of riches”
Synonymsoverplus plethora superfluity

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University