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Definition of embarrassing in English: embarrassingadjective ɛmˈbarəsɪŋɪmˈbarəsɪŋəmˈbɛrəsɪŋ Causing embarrassment. Example sentencesExamples - Are cheap ‘value’ products packaged in order to make it embarrassing for people who aren't ‘wacky students’ to buy them?
- It is also embarrassing for a team of our stature to go home without a victory.
- And were they to say no, it could all prove very embarrassing for Tony.
- I mean, to begin with, he works in a pharmacy, which means he has to deal with other people's very embarrassing personal problems on a daily basis.
- I'm a young, shy, gay male with a very embarrassing problem.
- It was becoming increasingly embarrassing for Cork at this stage and a total collapse was on the cards.
- It would have been far too embarrassing for my father to allow the truth into the history.
- It would be very embarrassing for him to admit it to me.
- That was very embarrassing for Dr Cullen, because he knows that in actual fact we are going backwards.
- That was extremely embarrassing for someone who does cognitive science and linguistics.
- Excuse me now whilst I cringe at the embarrassing display of confused angst that made an appearance in my last post…
- Not only is this an embarrassing problem for you but it is also a potentially dangerous one.
- It's always slightly embarrassing for anyone to talk about the meaning of life, especially if you're a philosopher.
- He sometimes wet the bed too, which was kind of embarrassing for a twelve-year old.
- Is the topic potentially embarrassing or uncomfortable?
- I imagine it is very embarrassing for them to be found out for being so secretive.
- It would be very embarrassing for them to wash my clothes.
- And discovery in the case could still prove very embarrassing for him, as well as hurtful to his wife and children.
- When younger, it occurred to me that giving him a nickname like ‘dribble boy’ would make it sound like he had an embarrassing personal problem.
- The scoreline itself tells the full story of an embarrassing and humiliating defeat for Waterford footballers in Ballinascreen.
Synonyms shaming, shameful, humiliating, mortifying, demeaning, degrading, ignominious upsetting, disconcerting, discomfiting, discomposing, confusing, flustering, agitating, discountenancing, distressing discreditable, dishonouring, disgraceful informal blush-making awkward, uncomfortable, difficult, tricky, delicate, sensitive, problematic, troublesome, thorny, knotty, vexatious, ticklish compromising, humiliating informal sticky, dicey, hairy, cringeworthy, cringe-making British informal dodgy
Definition of embarrassing in US English: embarrassingadjectiveəmˈberəsiNGəmˈbɛrəsɪŋ Causing embarrassment. Example sentencesExamples - It would be very embarrassing for him to admit it to me.
- The scoreline itself tells the full story of an embarrassing and humiliating defeat for Waterford footballers in Ballinascreen.
- And discovery in the case could still prove very embarrassing for him, as well as hurtful to his wife and children.
- It's always slightly embarrassing for anyone to talk about the meaning of life, especially if you're a philosopher.
- It was becoming increasingly embarrassing for Cork at this stage and a total collapse was on the cards.
- It would be very embarrassing for them to wash my clothes.
- I imagine it is very embarrassing for them to be found out for being so secretive.
- That was extremely embarrassing for someone who does cognitive science and linguistics.
- It is also embarrassing for a team of our stature to go home without a victory.
- Not only is this an embarrassing problem for you but it is also a potentially dangerous one.
- That was very embarrassing for Dr Cullen, because he knows that in actual fact we are going backwards.
- Is the topic potentially embarrassing or uncomfortable?
- He sometimes wet the bed too, which was kind of embarrassing for a twelve-year old.
- It would have been far too embarrassing for my father to allow the truth into the history.
- I'm a young, shy, gay male with a very embarrassing problem.
- I mean, to begin with, he works in a pharmacy, which means he has to deal with other people's very embarrassing personal problems on a daily basis.
- When younger, it occurred to me that giving him a nickname like ‘dribble boy’ would make it sound like he had an embarrassing personal problem.
- Excuse me now whilst I cringe at the embarrassing display of confused angst that made an appearance in my last post…
- Are cheap ‘value’ products packaged in order to make it embarrassing for people who aren't ‘wacky students’ to buy them?
- And were they to say no, it could all prove very embarrassing for Tony.
Synonyms shaming, shameful, humiliating, mortifying, demeaning, degrading, ignominious awkward, uncomfortable, difficult, tricky, delicate, sensitive, problematic, troublesome, thorny, knotty, vexatious, ticklish
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