EMBARRASSING


Meaning of EMBARRASSING in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

an embarrassing incident

He left after an embarrassing incident in the bar.

an embarrassing question

The media began to ask embarrassing questions about MPs' expenses.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

most

What was your most embarrassing situation?

And Shaunagh was there to help him through one of the most embarrassing moments of his life.

To forget the words in the middle of a chant would be most embarrassing .

This is the most embarrassing thing that's ever happened to me.

Throwing tantrums Having a toddler thrown a wobbly in public is perhaps one of parenting's most embarrassing episodes.

Apart from anything else, it was the most embarrassing episode in my life.

very

Many find it very embarrassing to describe their expectations regarding actual physical technique.

Giving people the good news about themselves is often very embarrassing .

How very embarrassing to say all that in front of everybody.

The risk that payments might exceed existing money holdings for some unforeseen reason could prove very embarrassing .

Although such criticism may well be totally unjustified, if could be very embarrassing .

■ NOUN

situation

What was your most embarrassing situation ?

It was an embarrassing situation , more so for them than for us.

Otherwise she felt certain he'd dismiss the whole embarrassing situation with a careless sneer.

This is acceptable when only the family are around, but when we have guests, embarrassing situations can arise.

If this does happen the interviewer will have a rather embarrassing situation to overcome before going any further.

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

It was so embarrassing - I couldn't remember his name!

She asked a lot of embarrassing questions.

The doctor asked me a lot of embarrassing questions about my sex life.

The revelations about the President's university life were to prove deeply embarrassing to him.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

And they will continue to be exposed until they become too embarrassing to even mention.

If discussing mixed messages would be embarrassing , then publicly testing for the validity of these explanations would be even more so.

They all stood around staring at her and smiling awkwardly, as if she was embarrassing .

They didn't seem prepared to say anything that might appear embarrassing or gauche later on.

This has become an annual embarrassing exercise.

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