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embarrassing
Universal Words
adjective
1 making you feel shy, awkward or ashamed:
an embarrassing mistake / question / situation * It can be embarrassing for children to tell complete strangers about such incidents. * It was so embarrassing having to sing in public.
2 causing sb to look stupid, dishonest, etc:
The report is likely to prove highly embarrassing to the government. * This EU ruling puts Britain in a very embarrassing position.
embarrassingly adverb:
The play was embarrassingly bad.
