Embarrassing

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent

ɪmˈbæɹ.ə.sɪŋ

Definitions

The action of the verb to embarrass; embarrassment.

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Españolabochornante bochornoso embarazososonrojante vergonzoso

Françaisembarrassant Gênant

Deutschbemühend beschämend blamabelpeinlich unangenehm

24 more languages

العربيةالإحراج

Bosanskiego gaz

Češtinatrapný

Danskflov pinlig

Ελληνικάντροπιαστικός

Suomikiusallinen nolaaminen nolausnolo

हिन्दीलज्जाजनक

Hrvatskiego gaz

Magyarciki égő gazgazos kínos

Bahasa Indonesiamemalukan

Íslenskavandræðalegur

Italianoimbarazzante

日本語恥ずかしい

Kurdîçikî ego gaz

Latinadifficilis humilians

Nederlandsgenant

Polskikrępujący żenujący

Portuguêsconstrangedor embaraçoso

Românăjenant

Русскийзатруднительный смущающий

Српскиego gaz

Svenskagenant pinsam

Українськаутруднений

Examples

“May 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.”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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See also

Embarrassingly embarrassingly parallel embarrassingness embarrassment embarrassment of riches embasement

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