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Words with a similar base: embarrassment

'embarrassment'

[embarrassment.n.01] as in: the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public

'embarrassment'

[embarrassment.n.02] as in: the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy)

Examples:
he is currently suffering financial embarrassments

'embarrassment'

[embarrassment.n.03] as in: some event that causes someone to be embarrassed

Examples:
the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals

'embarrassment'

[overplus.n.01] as in: extreme excess

Examples:
an embarrassment of riches

Origins

					embarrassment (English)
├── -ment (English)
│   └── -amentum (Latin)
└── embarrass (English)
    └── embarrasser (French)
        └── embarazar (Spanish)
            └── embaraçar (Portuguese)