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EMBARRASSING

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• EMBARRASSING (adjective)
The adjective EMBARRASSING has 2 senses:

1. hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment
2. causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation

Familiarity information: EMBARRASSING used as an adjective is rare.

• EMBARRASSING (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment

Synonyms:

embarrassing; unenviable; sticky; awkward

Context examples:

awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion / an awkward pause followed his remark / a sticky question / in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign

Similar:

difficult; hard (not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation

Synonyms:

mortifying; embarrassing

Context examples:

the embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles / it was mortifying to know he had heard every word

Similar:

unpleasant (disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings)

"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again."
(English proverb)
"The rain falls yonder, but the drops strike here."
(Bhutanese proverb)
"The ant shall never crawl on its knees."
(Arabic proverb)
"If a caged bird isn't singing for love, it's singing in a rage."
(Corsican proverb)

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