Plural of embarrassment; multiple instances of feeling ashamed or self-conscious, or things that cause such feelings.
From embarrass + '-ment' (noun-forming suffix) + '-s' (plural). The root embarrass comes from French 'embarasser,' ultimately from Spanish 'embarazar' (to hinder).
We can count embarrassments ('three embarrassments happened that day') or use it uncountably ('she felt embarrassment'), showing how English nouns can function flexibly—the same word shifts between countable and uncountable depending on context.
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