embarrassment Copy link Outline 1. implĭcātio (entanglement)2. angustiae, arum (straits)3. diffĭcultas4. scrūpŭlus (anything productive of hesitation, uneasiness) • embarrassment: 1. implĭcātio (entanglement): on account of pecuniary e., propter imp. rei familiaris, Cic. 2. angustiae, arum (straits): incredible financial e. (of the state), incredibiles a. pecuniae publicae, Cic. Fam. 12, 30, med.; ang. aerarii, Cic. 3. diffĭcultas: v. difficulty. 4. scrūpŭlus (anything productive of hesitation, uneasiness): hereupon some e. was caused on the part of the men, hic tum injectus est hominibus s., Cic. Cl. 28, 76: to remove e., s. alicui eximere, Plin. jun.: v. difficulty (II., 5). See also hesitation, hindrance, confusion.