embarrassment

 
Pronunciation: /ɪmˈbarəsmənt, ɛm-/

noun

[mass noun]
  • a feeling of self-consciousness, shame, or awkwardness: I turned red with embarrassment
  • [count noun] a person or thing causing feelings of embarrassment: he was an embarrassment who was safely left ignored her extreme views might be an embarrassment to the movement
  • financial difficulty: his temporary financial embarrassment

Phrases

an embarrassment of riches (or choice)

more options or resources than one knows what to do with: picking a highlight from such an embarrassment of riches is hard there is an embarrassment of intellectual riches in the two anthologies as consumers we have an embarrassment of choice