adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an embarrassing incident
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He left after an embarrassing incident in the bar.
an embarrassing question
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The media began to ask embarrassing questions about MPs' expenses.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
most
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What was your most embarrassing situation?
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And Shaunagh was there to help him through one of the most embarrassing moments of his life.
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To forget the words in the middle of a chant would be most embarrassing .
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This is the most embarrassing thing that's ever happened to me.
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Throwing tantrums Having a toddler thrown a wobbly in public is perhaps one of parenting's most embarrassing episodes.
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Apart from anything else, it was the most embarrassing episode in my life.
very
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Many find it very embarrassing to describe their expectations regarding actual physical technique.
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Giving people the good news about themselves is often very embarrassing .
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How very embarrassing to say all that in front of everybody.
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The risk that payments might exceed existing money holdings for some unforeseen reason could prove very embarrassing .
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Although such criticism may well be totally unjustified, if could be very embarrassing .
■ NOUN
situation
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What was your most embarrassing situation ?
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It was an embarrassing situation , more so for them than for us.
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Otherwise she felt certain he'd dismiss the whole embarrassing situation with a careless sneer.
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This is acceptable when only the family are around, but when we have guests, embarrassing situations can arise.
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If this does happen the interviewer will have a rather embarrassing situation to overcome before going any further.
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Reynolds felt gritty and smeared, at an unhappy disadvantage if he should have to lie his way out of an embarrassing situation .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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It was so embarrassing - I couldn't remember his name!
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She asked a lot of embarrassing questions.
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The doctor asked me a lot of embarrassing questions about my sex life.
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The revelations about the President's university life were to prove deeply embarrassing to him.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And they will continue to be exposed until they become too embarrassing to even mention.
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If discussing mixed messages would be embarrassing , then publicly testing for the validity of these explanations would be even more so.
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They all stood around staring at her and smiling awkwardly, as if she was embarrassing .
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They didn't seem prepared to say anything that might appear embarrassing or gauche later on.
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This has become an annual embarrassing exercise.