Embarrassing

Verb

1. Present participle of embarrass

Full definition of embarrassing

Noun

1. The action of the verb to embarrass.

Adjective

1. Causing embarrassment; makes you feel shy or ashamed; leading to a feeling of uncomfortable self-consciousness.
• 1963, Margery Allingham, The China Governess Chapter 20, 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.

Synonyms

• awkward

Derived terms

• embarrassingly