embarras

/ɒmbəˈɹɑː/

Etymology

From French embarras.

embarras means embarrassment; confusion, uncertainty. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

embarras is pronounced /ɒmbəˈɹɑː/.

noun

Embarrassment; confusion, uncertainty.“I […] envy & sympathise—being in all sorts of embarrass now, myself, over the finish of many things.”
An embarrassment; an obstacle or hindrance.“[O]ne day in his way to the opera, his chariot was stopped by an embarras in the street, occasioned by two peasants, who having driven their carts against each other, quarrelled, and went to loggerheads on the spot.”
Embarrassment; intense social awkwardness.
A clump of driftwood obstructing a waterway.