2009년 3월 6일 금요일

embarrassment

4. An overabundance

  • an embarrassment of choices at a buffet dinner
  • an embarrassment of riches.
......... Am-Heritage



embarrassmentembarrassment 1 - the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public
shame - a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
self-consciousnessuncomfortablenessuneasiness - embarrassment deriving from the feeling that others are critically aware of you
shamefacednesssheepishness - feeling embarrassed about yourself
chagrinmortificationhumiliation - strong feelings of embarrassment
discombobulationconfusion - a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused
abashmentbashfulness - feeling embarrassed due to modesty
discomfiturediscomposuredisconcertiondisconcertment - anxious embarrassment


embarrassmentembarrassment 4 - extreme excess; "an embarrassment of riches"
excessivenessinordinatenessexcess - immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits
redundanceredundancy - the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded; "the use of industrial robots created redundancy among workers"

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