Question 1 · Quick check
embarrassing
CEFRB1
/ɪmˈbæɹ.ə.sɪŋ/
adjective · verb
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In plain English
- 01
adjective
Making someone feel ashamed, awkward, or uncomfortable.
- 02
adjective
Extra detailCausing embarrassment; leading to a feeling of uncomfortable shame or self-consciousness.
Examples
My stomach started growling right there in the meeting. It was embarrassing.
This is the most embarrassing moment of my life.
At a glance
Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 4
- Parts of speech
- 2
- Citations
- 2
- Synonyms
- 2
Deep Dive
adjective
Extra meaningThe action of the verb to embarrass; embarrassment.
verb
Extra meaningpresent participle and gerund of embarrass
More examples
In contextMay 11, 1715, Robert Wodrow, letter to Mrs Wodrow It seemed, at first, to be agreed, that the King should be addressed by the Assembly; but the time of presenting, because of the present embarrassings of affairs, to be left to the Commission.
“Barack Obama wrote the Epstein files? LOL. This is outright embarrassing,” Candace Owens wrote on X.
The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness, mean and embarrassing and sad.
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Origin
adjective
By surface analysis, embarrass + -ing.