embarrassing

/ษชmหˆbรฆษนษ™sษชล‹/

IPA: /IH0 M B EH1 R AH0 S IH0 NG/

verb
  1. 1

    To humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to disconcert; to abash

    โ€œThe crowd's laughter and jeers embarrassed him.โ€

  2. 2

    To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct.

    โ€œThe motion was advanced in order to embarrass the progress of the bill.โ€

  3. 3

    To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to encumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands.

    โ€œA man or his business is embarrassed when he cannot meet his pecuniary engagements.โ€

noun
  1. 1

    The action of the verb to embarrass; embarrassment.

adjective
  1. 1

    Causing embarrassment; leading to a feeling of uncomfortable shame or self-consciousness.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/embarrass, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/embarrassing