embarrassing
About 3.40 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb present participle and gerund of embarrass
- noun The action of the verb to embarrass; embarrassment.
- adjective Causing embarrassment; leading to a feeling of uncomfortable shame or self-consciousness.
Similar words
mortifying difficult hard unenviable unpleasant awkward sticky embarrassment shame bashful
Often followed by
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Word family
embarrassingly
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