Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

            The embarrassment which inexperienced minds have
            often to express themselves upon paper. --W. Irving.

            The embarrassments tom commerce growing out of the
            late regulations.                     --Bancroft.

   2. Difficulty or perplexity arising from the want of money to
      pay debts.

Source : WordNet®

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}]