The meaning of EMBARRASSING is causing a feeling of self-conscious confusion and distress : causing embarrassment. How to use embarrassing in a sentence.

[ + to infinitive ] It's embarrassing to be caught telling a lie. My most embarrassing moment was trying to introduce a woman whose name I couldn't remember.

Something that is embarrassing makes you feel shy or ashamed. That was an embarrassing situation for me. Men find it embarrassing to be honest.

Definition of embarrassing adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

To cause to feel self-conscious or ill at ease; disconcert: Meeting adults embarrassed the shy...

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Embarrassment can be personal, caused by unwanted attention to private matters or personal flaws or mishaps or shyness. Some causes of embarrassment stem from personal actions, …