embarrassing[adjective]Synonyms: humiliating, awkward, compromising, discomfiting, disconcerting, mortifying, sensitive, shameful, toe-curling
(informal), uncomfortable
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
em‧bar‧ras‧sing /ɪmˈbærəsɪŋ/
adjective [
Word Family: adjective:
embarrassed,
embarrassing;
verb:
embarrass;
noun:
embarrassment;
adverb:
embarrassingly]
making you feel ashamed, nervous, or uncomfortable:
She asked a lot of embarrassing questions. an embarrassing situationembarrassing for This incident is deeply embarrassing for the government.—embarrassingly adverb:
an embarrassingly poor performance [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲