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Embarrassing

/ɪmˈbærəsɪŋ/
Causing a feeling of shame or awkwardness, often in social situations.

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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
from Old French embarrasser, based on Spanish embarazar, from Portuguese embarassar, possibly from en- in + barra, meaning bar, barrier.

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