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embarrassment

em·bar·rass·ment [ em bárrəssmənt ] (plural em·bar·rass·ments)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. acute self-consciousness: a feeling of painful self-consciousness, uncomfortableness, shame, or humiliation
blushed and fell silent in embarrassment

2. something that causes self-consciousness: something that causes a feeling of painful self-consciousness, uncomfortableness, shame, or humiliation

3. lack of money: a state of financial difficulty
financial embarrassment

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