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Embarrassing
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Embarrassing
/ɪmˈbærəsɪŋ/
Something that makes you feel awkward or ashamed
Synonyms:
awkward
humiliating
uncomfortable
shameful
Antonyms:
comforting
flattering
encouraging
Examples:
I said, after a rather
embarrassing
pause.
The fall at the party was quite
embarrassing
.
His attempt to dance was awkwardly
embarrassing
.
Etymology:
Derived from the verb
embarrass,
which comes from the French
embarrasser
meaning to obstruct or entangle, from Late Latin
imbarrassare.
Usage Statistics:
22 mentions per 1 million words
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