embarrassverb [ T ]
uk/ɪmˈbær.əs/us/ɪmˈber.əs/C2 to cause someone to feel nervous, worried, or uncomfortable:
You're embarrassing him with your compliments!
I didn't want to embarrass her in front of her friends.
More examples
- Look, you've embarrassed him - he's gone bright red!
- To be honest, it embarrassed me to receive such an effusive welcome.
- My mum always embarrasses me by arriving in some ridiculous outfit.
- Why did you make an announcement in front of everyone? Did you have to embarrass us like that?
- Stop talking about his little problem - can't you see you're embarrassing him?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Embarrassing
- awkward
- cringe
- cringe-making
- cringey
- curl
- curl up and die idiom
- embarrassing
- information
- painful
- put sb on the spot idiom
- show
- show sb up
- spare
- spare sb's blushes idiom
- spot
- toe-curling
- too much information idiom