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Embarrassing

/ɪmˈbærəsɪŋ/
Something that makes you feel awkward or ashamed

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Examples:

I said, after a rather embarrassing pause.The fall at the party was quite embarrassing.His attempt to dance was awkwardly embarrassing.

Etymology:

etymology
Derived from the verb embarrass, which comes from the French embarrasser meaning to obstruct or entangle, from Late Latin imbarrassare.

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