(~s)
1.
Embarrassment is the feeling you have when you are embarrassed.
It is a source of ~ to Londoners that the standard of pubs is so low...
We apologise for any ~ this may have caused.
N-VAR: oft N prep
2.
An ~ is an action, event, or situation which causes problems for a politician, political party, government, or other public group.
The poverty figures were undoubtedly an ~ to the president.
N-COUNT: usu with supp
3.
If you refer to a person as an ~, you mean that you disapprove of them but cannot avoid your connection with them.
You have been an ~ to us from the day Douglas married you.
N-SING: a N disapproval