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embarrassment noun [ ɪmˈbarəsmənt ]

• a feeling of self-consciousness, shame, or awkwardness.
• "I turned red with embarrassment"
Similar: awkwardness, self-consciousness, unease, uneasiness, discomfort, discomfiture, edginess, shame, humiliation, mortification, ignominy, sheepishness, shyness, bashfulness, discomposure, flusteredness, perturbation, confusion, agitation, distress, chagrin,
Opposite: confidence,

an embarrassment of riches

• more options or resources than one knows what to do with.
"picking a highlight from such an embarrassment of riches is hard"



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