EMBARRASSING

ppr. Perplexing; entangling; confusing; confounding; abashing.

embarrassing

em bar rass ing |emˈbarəsiNG əmˈbɛrəsɪŋ | ▶adjective causing embarrassment: an embarrassing muddle. DERIVATIVES em bar rass ing ly adverb

embarrassing

em |bar ¦rass |ing |ɪmˈbarəsɪŋ, ɛm- | ▶adjective causing embarrassment: an embarrassing muddle. DERIVATIVES embarrassingly adverb

embarrassing

embarrassing adjective many embarrassing moments have been preserved on videotape: humiliating, shaming, shameful, mortifying, ignominious; awkward, uncomfortable, cringeworthy, compromising; disconcerting, discomfiting, upsetting, distressing.

embarrassing

embarrassing adjective 1 he was frightened of making an embarrassing mistake: shaming, shameful, humiliating, mortifying, demeaning, degrading, ignominious; upsetting, disconcerting, discomfiting, discomposing, confusing, flustering, agitating, discountenancing, distressing; discreditable, dishonouring, disgraceful; informal blush-making. 2 there may be some embarrassing questions at the shareholders' meeting: awkward, uncomfortable, difficult, tricky, delicate, sensitive, problematic, troublesome, thorny, knotty, vexatious, ticklish; compromising, humiliating; informal sticky, dicey, hairy, cringeworthy, cringe-making; Brit. informal dodgy.

embarrassing

em b á r rass ing 形容詞 1 «…にとって » 〈物 事が 〉恥ずかしい, 不愉快に感じさせる (uncomfortable ), 困惑させるような (awkward ) «for , to » ▸ the most embarrassing moment 最もいやな瞬間 2 【政治家 政党にとって 】窮地に陥れるような, さまざまな問題を引き起こすような «for, to » .

embarrassingly

em b á r rass ing ly 副詞 〖通例 形容詞 副詞 の前で 〗恥ずかしく [不愉快に ]なるほど, 困惑するほど .