embarrassment

== English == === Etymology === From embarrass +‎ -ment. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪmˈbæɹ.əs.mənt/ (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ɪmˈbɛɹ.əs.mənt/ === Noun === embarrassment (countable and uncountable, plural embarrassments) A state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation. A person or thing which is the cause of humiliation to another. A large collection of good or valuable things, especially one that exceeds requirements or causes some sort of hindrance. A state of confusion; hesitation; uncertainty. (medicine) Impairment of function due to disease: respiratory embarrassment. (dated) Difficulty in financial matters; poverty. (collective) A group of pandas (ie. red panda, giant panda) Coordinate terms: herd, flock, school ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “embarrassment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “embarrassment”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.