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Embarrassment
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Embarrassment meaning
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.
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His embarrassment, if it was embarrassment, had everything to do with how he was seen by the person who did matter: his white male companion.
After going public, it emerged that Mark's aides had tried to keep Heather quiet, causing further embarrassment for the Royal Family.
After the embarrassment and the walk of shame out of the gym, the poor photo staff had to reassemble the backdrops.
And the timing of the attack will only compound the embarrassment, as it occurred almost to the day of the 50th anniversary of the surprise attack that began the 1973 Arab-Israeli War—perhaps the biggest intelligence failure in Israel’s history.
Argentine lying about “British “usurpation” of the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands “ should be the only embarrassment.
Asked if she was now an embarrassment to the Tory party, the immigration minister suggested she was failed to represent the people of Mid-Bedfordshire.
As my two sat unanswered, I felt a wash of embarrassment, and anger, to later only cringe at the depth of my reaction.
A stutter left him with an overwhelming sense of embarrassment.
Besides, a permanent surrender on these terms would create all sorts of embarrassment for Hamas’ sponsors in Tehran, and for that matter, its Muslim Brotherhood allies in Cairo too.
But it does ensure that, from now on, Russia’s president will be a criminal suspect and wanted man, liable to arrest in the ICC’s 123 member states and a huge embarrassment to his country.
But Lindsey, from Somerset, didn't anticipate the acute embarrassment of broadcasting her single status.
Clayburgh gives us a near silent reaction of confusion, heartbreak, anger, embarrassment, and so much more, and she owns the moment.
Defeat by Ireland was not the embarrassment of previous meetings – and Andy Farrell's side have lost just twice in Test matches in two years – but it was enervating and all too predictable.
Dillon Brooks was already an embarrassment his trash talk backfiring.
Even some of those who believe Trump did have a fling with Daniels and paid her off to avoid embarrassment think the link somewhat tenuous.
For de León (who in the leaked audio referred to his White colleague’s adopted Black son as a prop) — there is apparently no limit to the level of embarrassment he’s willing to take.
Former Celtic winger Jota faces the embarrassment of being banned by Saudi Pro League side Al-Ittihad less than two months after joining the club, FootballTransfers can confirm.
Fresno State dished out embarrassment in spades, beginning with a pair of blocked punts, one culminating in a safety and the other one turning into six points eight snaps later.
Further embarrassment follows as Jennifer, playing 16-year old Lisa, is carried onto a stage, where she is unceremoniously dropped in front of watching guests.
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has reportedly rejected the apology tendered by his deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa over the embarrassment the ongoing political crisis must have caused in the state.