| query | An e____________ is an action, event, or situation which causes problems for a politician, political party, government, or other public group.An embarrassment is an action, event, or situation which causes problems for a politician, political party, government, or other public group. The poverty figures were undoubtedly an embarrassment to the president. |
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| word | embarrassment |
| full-definition | noun Embarrassment is the feeling you have when you are embarrassed. It is a source of embarrassment to Londoners that the standard of pubs is so low. I think I would have died of embarrassment. We apologise for any embarrassment this may have caused. An embarrassment is an action, event, or situation which causes problems for a politician, political party, government, or other public group. The poverty figures were undoubtedly an embarrassment to the president. If you refer to a person as an embarrassment, you mean that you disapprove of them but cannot avoid your connection with them. You have been an embarrassment to us from the day Douglas married you. |
| inflections | embarrassmentsshowing up |
| cefr-level | C1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1
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