embarrassing

embarrassing /im'bærəsiɳ/
  • tính từ
    • làm lúng túng
      • an embarrassing situation: tình trạng lúng túng
    • ngăn trở

Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): embarrassment, embarrass, embarrassed, embarrassing, embarrassingly

Xem thêm: awkward, sticky, unenviable, mortifying, abash, obstruct, blockade, block, hinder, stymie, stymy



embarrassing

Từ điển Collocation

embarrassing adj.

VERBS be, prove, sound | become, get | make sth My mother's presence made the situation even more embarrassing. | find sb/sth I found the whole evening intensely embarrassing.

ADV. acutely, bloody (taboo), deeply, excruciatingly, extremely, highly, intensely, really, seriously, terribly, very a deeply embarrassing moment | increasingly | almost | a bit, a little, pretty, quite, rather, slightly, somewhat | potentially | politically, socially

PREP. for It was acutely embarrassing for us all. | to This latest incident could be embarrassing to the government.

Từ điển WordNet

    adj.

  • hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment; awkward, sticky, unenviable

    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

  • causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation; mortifying

    the embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles

    it was mortifying to know he had heard every word

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

embarrasses|embarrassed|embarrassing
syn.: bewilder confuse fluster humiliate mortify shame