Third-person singular simple present indicative form of embarrass

to cause someone to feel uncomfortable about something

plural of embarrassment of riches

plural of secondhand embarrassment

plural of empathic embarrassment

plural of vicarious embarrassment

the uncomfortable sympathetic feeling experienced while watching someone else embarrass themselves

The uncomfortable sympathetic feeling experienced while watching someone else embarrass themselves.

(Australia, colloquial) An expression of embarrassment, either for the speaker or for another individual or group.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see inductive, embarrassment. / (physics, dated) The delay in signalling on an electric wire, produced by lateral induction.