embarrassment in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for embarrassment in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

embarrassment [Brit ɪmˈbarəsmənt, ɛmˈbarəsmənt, Am əmˈbɛrəsmənt] N

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to writhe with embarrassment
his fear was overtaken by embarrassment
to shuffle one's feet (in embarrassment)
vague fear, embarrassment, disgust, unease

Translations for embarrassment in the French»English Dictionary (Go to English»French)

embarrassment in the PONS Dictionary

embarrassment Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

an acute sense of embarrassment/injustice
to be an embarrassment to sb
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Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Would we allow him to forgo his rabbinic prayer obligation because of this embarrassment?
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Will they be able to get their own back and not die from embarrassment this time around?
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It provides a private prison where the rich can incarcerate miscreant or unfortunate relatives whose presence would otherwise be a burden or embarrassment.
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The embarrassment would be too much for them.
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Despite his immense wealth, he had a reputation for being cheap and occasionally foolish to the point of embarrassment.
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It was an embarrassment for the firm, for modernist architects, and for the architecture industry.
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Her pink eyes and white hair are also accompanied by a complete lack of pubic hair which causes her some embarrassment.
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It has been said that the inability for theoreticians to precisely calculate these odds is one of the embarrassments of applied probability.
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The message is clearly in the same theme of holding inward and avoiding any embarrassments at all cost.
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It is painful to witness his embarrassment at times.
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