From embarrass + -ment.

• IPA: /ɪmˈbæɹəsmənt/

embarrassment

1. A state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation.
2. A person or thing which is the cause of humiliation to another.

   Jack, you are an embarrassment to this family.

   Losing this highly publicized case was an embarrassment to the firm.

3. A large collection of good or valuable things, especially one that exceeds requirements or causes some sort of hindrance.
   • 1914, Collier's, page 30:

     There are over 5,000 Americans now in Paris, many artists, singers, musicians, writers, and actors, so many, indeed, the committee could hardly pick a program from an embarrassment of volunteers.

4. A state of confusion; hesitation; uncertainty
5. (medical) Impairment of function due to disease: respiratory embarrassment.
6. (dated) Difficulty in financial matters; poverty.

• French: embarras
• German: Verlegenheit, Peinlichkeit, Betretenheit
• Italian: imbarazzo
• Portuguese: vergonha
• Russian: смуще́ние
• Spanish: vergüenza, corte m (Spain), bochorno, pena f (Caribbean Islands), plancha m (Chile), pudor m (especially Argentina), roche m (Peru)

• French: embarras
• German: Verlegenheit
• Russian: замеша́тельство

• French: (être la) honte (de)
• Portuguese: vergonha
• Russian: позо́р