embarrassing

adjective

em·bar·rass·ing im-ˈber-ə-siŋ

-ˈba-rə-

: causing a feeling of self-conscious confusion and distress : causing embarrassment

an embarrassing error

The official was ever so polite, and ever so sorry, but the rule was strict, and he could not let us in. It was very embarrassing, for many eyes were on us.—

Mark Twain

embarrassingly

im-ˈber-ə-siŋ-lē

-ˈba-rə-

adverb

an embarrassingly messy house

Examples of embarrassing in a Sentence

an embarrassing failure of memory inauspiciously marked my first appearance as an actor

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For the 2023 champions to even be in this situation was pretty embarrassing, needing a win on the final day of the group stage just to make the playoffs, with automatic qualification long gone. —

Greg O'Keeffe, The Athletic, 30 Jan. 2025 The funding pause was the most embarrassing of Trump’s walkbacks. —

Philip Elliott, TIME, 29 Jan. 2025 There’s something embarrassing about being hunted down by a gangster who calls himself Leftie and runs around with a henchman called Lonnie. —

Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2025 The experts agree that the documents are more likely to reveal embarrassing details about intelligence failures rather than concrete evidence of a conspiracy. —

Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for embarrassing