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Definition of 'embarrassing' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) awkward, embarrassing, sticky, unenviable
hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment
"awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion"; "an awkward pause followed his remark"; "a sticky question"; "in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign"

2. (adj) embarrassing, mortifying
causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation
"the embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles"; "it was mortifying to know he had heard every word"


Definition of 'embarrassing' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) embarrassing
making you feel self-conscious or ashamed
embarrassing moments we'd like to forget about


Definition of 'embarrassing' Webster Dictionary 

1.  embarrassing
of Embarrass


Translation of 'embarrassing' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to involve in (especially financial) difficulties
embarrassed by debts.; He was embarrassed when the teacher asked him to read his essay to the class.; an embarrassing question.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: moeilike, belemmerende Arabic flag Arabic: مُرْبِك Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: смущаващ
Brazilian flag Brazilian: embaraçante Czech flag Czech: trapný German flag German: unangenehm, peinlich
Danish flag Danish: pinlig; flov; vanskelig Greek flag Greek: δυσάρεστος, ενοχλητικός Spanish flag Spanish: embarazoso
Estonian flag Estonian: piinlik Farsi flag Farsi: خجالت آور Finnish flag Finnish: kiusallinen
French flag French: embarrassant Hebrew flag Hebrew: מְבִיך Hindi flag Hindi: घबराहट में डालने वाला
Croatian flag Croatian: neugodan Hungarian flag Hungarian: zavarba hozó Indonesian flag Indonesian: memalukan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: vandræðalegur Italian flag Italian: imbarazzante Japanese flag Japanese: 困らせる
Korean flag Korean: 당혹스러운 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: nepatogus, gluminantis Latvian flag Latvian: mulsinošs; neērts; apgrūt
Malay flag Malay: memalukan Dutch flag Dutch: g^ enant Norwegian flag Norwegian: pinlig, flau
Polish flag Polish: krępujący Persian flag Persian: خجالت آور Pashto flag Pashto: شرمونكى.د شرم وړ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: embaraçante Romanian flag Romanian: jenant, stânjenitor Russian flag Russian: нескромный
Slovak flag Slovak: trápny Slovenian flag Slovenian: neprijeten Serbian flag Serbian: neprijatan
Swedish flag Swedish: pinsam, genant Thai flag Thai: น่าลำบากใจ Turkish flag Turkish: utandırıcı
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 令人尷尬的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: незручний Urdu flag Urdu: شرمندہ کرنے والا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: làm lúng túng Chinese flag Chinese: 令人为难的

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