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embarrassment
(encz) | embarrassment,nepříjemnost n: Petr Prášek |
embarrassment
(encz) | embarrassment,ostuda n: Petr Prášek |
embarrassment
(encz) | embarrassment,rozpačitost n: Zdeněk Brož |
embarrassment
(encz) | embarrassment,rozpaky n: |
Embarrassment
(gcide) | Embarrassment \Em*bar"rass*ment\, n. [F. embarrassement.]
1. A state of being embarrassed; perplexity; impediment to
freedom of action; entanglement; hindrance; confusion or
discomposure of mind, as from not knowing what to do or to
say; disconcertedness.
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The embarrassment which inexperienced minds have
often to express themselves upon paper. --W. Irving.
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The embarrassments tom commerce growing out of the
late regulations. --Bancroft.
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2. Difficulty or perplexity arising from the want of money to
pay debts.
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embarrassment
(wn) | embarrassment
n 1: the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made
public
2: the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial
inadequacy); "he is currently suffering financial
embarrassments"
3: some event that causes someone to be embarrassed; "the
outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals"
[ant: disembarrassment]
4: extreme excess; "an embarrassment of riches" [syn:
overplus, plethora, superfluity, embarrassment] |
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disembarrassment
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embarrassment
(encz) | embarrassment,nepříjemnost n: Petr Prášekembarrassment,ostuda n: Petr Prášekembarrassment,rozpačitost n: Zdeněk Brožembarrassment,rozpaky n: |
Disembarrassment
(gcide) | Disembarrassment \Dis`em*bar"rass*ment\, n.
Freedom or relief from impediment or perplexity.
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Inductive embarrassment
(gcide) | Inductive \In*duct"ive\, a. [LL. inductivus: cf. F. inductif.
See Induce.]
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1. Leading or drawing; persuasive; tempting; -- usually
followed by to.
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A brutish vice,
Inductive mainly to the sin of Eve. --Milton.
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2. Tending to induce or cause. [R.]
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They may be . . . inductive of credibility. --Sir M.
Hale.
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3. Leading to inferences; proceeding by, derived from, or
using, induction; as, inductive reasoning.
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4. (Physics)
(a) Operating by induction; as, an inductive electrical
machine.
(b) Facilitating induction; susceptible of being acted
upon by induction; as, certain substances have a great
inductive capacity.
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Inductive embarrassment (Physics), the retardation in
signaling on an electric wire, produced by lateral
induction.
Inductive philosophy or Inductive method. See
Philosophical induction, under Induction.
Inductive sciences, those sciences which admit of, and
employ, the inductive method, as astronomy, botany,
chemistry, etc.
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Unembarrassment
(gcide) | Unembarrassment \Un`em*bar"rass*ment\, n.
Freedom from embarrassment.
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disembarrassment
(wn) | disembarrassment
n 1: something that extricates you from embarrassment [ant:
embarrassment] |
embarrassment
(wn) | embarrassment
n 1: the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made
public
2: the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial
inadequacy); "he is currently suffering financial
embarrassments"
3: some event that causes someone to be embarrassed; "the
outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals"
[ant: disembarrassment]
4: extreme excess; "an embarrassment of riches" [syn:
overplus, plethora, superfluity, embarrassment] |
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