Alternativa stavningar

Synonymer

Uttal

    • IPA: /ɪmˈbæɹəsmənt/
Översättning
Substantiv
1.pinsamhet
2.förlägenhet
3.bryderi

Definitioner

Substantiv

  1. A state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation.
  2. A state of confusion arising from hesitation or difficulty in choosing.
  3. A person or thing which is the cause of humiliation to another.
  4. (medical) Impairment of function due to disease: respiratory embarrassment.

Exempel

  • Kevin, you are an embarrassment to this family.
  • Losing this highly publicized case was an embarrassment to the firm.
  • The audacious hijacking in Paris of a van carrying the baggage of a Saudi prince to his private jet is obviously an embarrassment to the French capital, whose ultra-high-end boutiques have suffered a spate of heists in recent months.
  • An embarrassment is a state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation.
  • You can imagine her embarrassment when it was realized at the grand soiree that she was wearing the same dress that she had worn the previous year.
  • She has an embarrassment of riches.
  • A respiratory embarrassment.

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Pluralembarrassments

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