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# embarrassment

noun (embarrassment, embarrassments)

«embarrassment» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A feeling of being shy, silly or uncomfortable because of something you did or something that happened in front of others. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embarrassment/#m1)
2. A person or thing that makes you feel this way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embarrassment/#m2)

### In the lessons

In lessons about feelings, embarrassment is a normal feeling, for example tripping in front of the class or forgetting lines in a play; everyone feels it, and it passes. Laughing at your own small mistakes helps. Teasing others to cause embarrassment is unkind. Phrases: «red with embarrassment», «to my embarrassment», «cause embarrassment».

### Examples

- My face went red with embarrassment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embarrassment/#x1)
- To my embarrassment, I called my teacher «Mum». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embarrassment/#x2)
- She hid her embarrassment by laughing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embarrassment/#x3)
- Don't tease people to cause them embarrassment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embarrassment/#x4)
- Embarrassment is a feeling that soon goes away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embarrassment/#x5)
- The burst ball was an embarrassment for the team. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embarrassment/#x6)
- By this time the princess had recovered from the first embarrassment of meeting, and proceeded to make her speech of welcome. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embarrassment/#x7)

### Note

Spelling trap: double «r» and double «s»: em-ba-rr-a-ss-ment. Mostly uncountable (the feeling). Verb: embarrass; adjectives: embarrassed (how you feel), embarrassing (what causes it).

## In Jewish tradition

In lessons about feelings, embarrassment is a normal feeling, for example tripping in front of the class or forgetting lines in a play; everyone feels it, and it passes. Laughing at your own small mistakes helps. Teasing others to cause embarrassment is unkind. Phrases: «red with embarrassment», «to my embarrassment», «cause embarrassment».

### Examples

- Nonetheless, English translators have usually shied away from the this-worldly symbolism of the ‘Holy Wind’, much preferring immaterial ‘Spirit’ either out of theological embarrassment or deference to tradition. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/embarrassment/#x1)

### Note

Spelling trap: double «r» and double «s»: em-ba-rr-a-ss-ment. Mostly uncountable (the feeling). Verb: embarrass; adjectives: embarrassed (how you feel), embarrassing (what causes it).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «embarrassment» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embarrassment/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«embarrassment» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/embarrassment.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «embarrassment» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/embarrassment/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«embarrassment» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/embarrassment.html) on Mova free.