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embarrassing

/ɪmˈbæɹ.ə.sɪŋ/adjective4 syllables

Embarrassing means: hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment.

Synonyms for embarrassing8

adjective, as in hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment

awkward, sticky, unenviable, difficult, hard

adjective, as in causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation

mortifying, unpleasant

also used for embarrassing

shameful

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What does embarrassing mean?2

adjective

1

hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment“awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion”

2

causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation“the embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Embarrassing in a sentence

  • I am not embarrassing you, but embellishing you.Saumya
  • The cat glided along, very refined, but ended up falling, which was very embarrassing.Aphima
  • This is, without a doubt, an embarrassing situation for me.Ricardo14
  • If your stomach growls in the middle of a test, that's pretty embarrassing.pullnosemans
  • It wasn't a particularly bad rash, but it was embarrassing nonetheless.Eccles17
  • Her nitwit behavior is embarrassing; she needs to grow up.Amastan
  • This is the most embarrassing moment of my life.CK
  • What's the most embarrassing thing you've ever done?CK

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.