Antonyms for embarrassing
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : em-bar-uhs |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɛmˈbær əs |
Definition of embarrassing
Origin :- 1670s, "perplex, throw into doubt," from French embarrasser (16c.), literally "to block," from embarras "obstacle," from Italian imbarrazzo, from imbarrare "to bar," from in- "into, upon" (see in- (2)) + Vulgar Latin *barra "bar."
- Meaning "hamper, hinder" is from 1680s. Meaning "make (someone) feel awkward" first recorded 1828. Original sense preserved in embarras de richesse (1751), from French (1726): the condition of having more wealth than one knows what to do with. Related: Embarrassed; embarrassing; embarrassingly.
- adj humiliating, shaming
- His situation was one of the most difficult and embarrassing which can be conceived of.
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- The pleasure and honour seemed to be painful and embarrassing to both.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- But what an embarrassing job it is to get acquainted with one's father.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- And fancy how embarrassing had you continued in the office for which you were engaged.
- Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
- An embarrassing accident also favored us with the use of salt.
- Extract from : « Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home » by Bayard Taylor
- Even a hint might lead to embarrassing questions and he had promised Dunn.
- Extract from : « Cap'n Warren's Wards » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- The very idea of relation or comparison was embarrassing to them.
- Extract from : « Phaedo » by Plato
- And if he saw it, questions would be asked, embarrassing questions.
- Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- After his departure there was a most embarrassing interval of silence.
- Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- The situation of our regiment was extremely critical and embarrassing.
- Extract from : « Three Years in the Federal Cavalry » by Willard Glazier
Synonyms for embarrassing
- awkward
- bewildering
- compromising
- confusing
- delicate
- difficult
- disagreeable
- discomfiting
- discommoding
- discommodious
- disconcerting
- distracting
- distressing
- disturbing
- equivocal
- exasperating
- impossible
- incommodious
- inconvenient
- inopportune
- mortifying
- perplexing
- puzzling
- rattling
- sensitive
- shameful
- sticky
- ticklish
- touchy
- tricky
- troublesome
- troubling
- uncomfortable
- uneasy
- unpropitious
- unseemly
- upsetting
- worrisome
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