embarrassment
A state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a…A state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation.
» Tom is an embarrassment.
Tom ist eine Peinlichkeit.
Том обуза.
Том позорит окружающих.
Том позорит.
Нам соромно за Тома.
Meaning
7 senses(countable, uncountable)A state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation.
Verlegenheit, Peinlichkeit, Betretenheit
смуще́ниеsmuščénije, стесне́ниеstesnénije, стыдstyd
збенте́женняzbentéžennja, со́ромsórom
(countable, uncountable)A person or thing which is the cause of humiliation to another.
Jack, you are an embarrassment to this family.
Losing this highly publicized case was an embarrassment to the firm.
позо́рpozór, позо́рищеpozórišče
(countable, uncountable)A large collection of good or valuable things, especially one that exceeds requirements or causes some sort of hindrance.
(countable, uncountable)A state of confusion; hesitation; uncertainty.
Verlegenheit
замеша́тельствоzamešátelʹstvo, затрудне́ниеzatrudnénije, смяте́ниеsmjaténije
(countable, uncountable)Impairment of function due to disease: respiratory embarrassment.
(countable, dated, uncountable)Difficulty in financial matters; poverty.
(collective, countable, uncountable)A group of pandas (ie. red panda, giant panda)
- some event that causes someone to be embarrassed
- the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public
- the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy)
- extreme excess
Examples
74 sentencesTom is an embarrassment.
Нам соромно за Тома.
ruТом обуза.
deTom ist eine Peinlichkeit.
Tom nearly died of embarrassment.
Том ледь не вмер від збентеження.
ruТом чуть не умер от смущения.
deTom wäre vor Scham fast gestorben.
She wanted to spare him embarrassment.
Tom's face got red with embarrassment.
ruОт смущения Том покраснел.
He noticed her embarrassment.
ruОн заметил её смущение.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
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Forms
plural: embarrassments| Singular | embarrassment |
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regular
Synonyms
3 synonyms- extreme excess:overplusplethorasuperfluity
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable