Embarrassing
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɪmˈbæɹ.ə.sɪŋ/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Embarrassing is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of embarrass.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of embarrass.
More Meanings
- The action of the verb to embarrass; embarrassment.
- Causing embarrassment; leading to a feeling of uncomfortable shame or self-consciousness.
Example Sentences
“Barack Obama wrote the Epstein files? LOL. This is outright embarrassing,” Candace Owens wrote on X.
The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness, mean and embarrassing and sad.
May 11, 1715, Robert Wodrow, letter to Mrs Wodrow It seemed, at first, to be agreed, that the King should be addressed by the Assembly; but the time of presenting, because of the present embarrassings of affairs, to be left to the Commission.
Word Forms
- embarrassings
Synonyms for embarrassing
Depending on context, synonyms include awkward, shameful, hard, difficult, mortifying, unenviable.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mortifying, difficult, hard, unenviable, awkward, sticky.
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