What is another word for embarrassing?
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Pronunciation:
[ ɛmbˈaɹəsɪŋ], [ ɛmbˈaɹəsɪŋ], [ ɛ_m_b_ˈa_ɹ_ə_s_ɪ_ŋ]
Related words: embarrassing things, embarrassing moments, embarrassing situations, cringe moments, embarrassing moments in history
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Similar words for embarrassing:
- all (adjective)
- cumbersome (adjective)
- disturbing (adjective)
- horrid (adjective)
- humiliating (adjective)
- ignominious (adjective)
- inappropriate (adjective)
- incommodious (adjective)
- inconvenient (adjective)
- indelicate (adjective)
- offensive (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- perturbing (adjective)
- shameful (adjective)
- unsettling (adjective)
- upsetting (adjective)
- confusion (noun)
- difficult (noun)
- embarrassing (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- abasing (verb)
- embarrass (verb)
- humbling (verb)
- other synonyms
- awkward
- objectionable
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Embarrassing:
adj.
• all (adjective) • cumbersome (adjective)- ponderous,
- heavy,
- cumbrous,
- tiresome,
- bulky,
- unwieldy,
- wearisome,
- oppressive,
- weighty,
- clunking,
- leaden,
- hefty,
- massive,
- unmanageable.
- foreboding,
- agitating,
- startling,
- creepy,
- severe,
- onerous,
- consequential,
- Harassing,
- Discomposing,
- gloomy,
- Irksome,
- pessimistic,
- impeding,
- sinister,
- hard,
- worrying,
- provoking,
- ominous,
- discouraging,
- alarming,
- unpleasant,
- prophetic,
- trying,
- laborious,
- frightening,
- bothersome,
- threatening,
- uncertain,
- depressing,
- toilsome,
- Discomforting,
- aggravating,
- vexing,
- dismaying.
- prejudicial,
- pestiferous,
- untimely,
- unseasonable,
- vexatious,
- remote,
- detrimental,
- unsuitable,
- disadvantageous,
- inexpedient,
- annoying.
- brash,
- immodest,
- untoward,
- outrageous,
- crude,
- untactful,
- low,
- rude,
- indecent,
- earthy,
- coarse,
- improper,
- callow,
- uncouth,
- lewd,
- unblushing,
- indecorous,
- tasteless,
- base,
- suggestive,
- unbecoming,
- offensive,
- off-color.
- discourteous,
- insolent,
- hideous,
- detestable,
- impertinent,
- distasteful,
- dreadful,
- horrible,
- irritating,
- unmannerly,
- uncivil,
- grisly,
- stinking,
- biting,
- abhorrent,
- cutting,
- abusive,
- reprehensible,
- odious,
- ghastly.
- humiliating,
- clunky,
- ignominious,
- upsetting,
- cumbersome,
- indelicate,
- lowbred,
- perturbing,
- galumphing,
- troublous,
- disturbing,
- unsettling,
- shameful,
- Unhandy,
- clunker,
- Discommodious,
- incommodious,
- brutish.
n.
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- terrible,
- bad,
- disgraceful.
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- guilty.
- distraction,
- turbulence,
- tumult,
- perturbation,
- abashment,
- commotion,
- bewilderment,
- embarrassment,
- befuddlement,
- Abashing,
- Tangling,
- lather,
- demoralization,
- Obscuring,
- Embroiling,
- turmoil,
- Blurring,
- dither,
- discomfiture,
- agitation,
- Addling,
- dumbfounding,
- Disarranging,
- befuddling,
- bemusement,
- stew,
- perplexity,
- flap,
- puzzlement,
- Cluttering,
- confounding.
v.
• abasing (verb) • embarrass (verb)- discountenance,
- bewilder,
- show up,
- rattle,
- distract,
- faze,
- give a hard time,
- throw into a tizzy,
- abash,
- distress,
- give a bad time,
- discompose,
- nonplus,
- discomfit,
- perturb,
- catch one short,
- perplex,
- shame,
- chagrin,
- put on the spot,
- confuse,
- plague,
- puzzle,
- throw,
- agitate,
- make a monkey of,
- discombobulate,
- bother,
- stun,
- dumbfound,
- bug,
- fluster,
- upset,
- mortify,
- hang up,
- put out of countenance,
- disturb,
- put in a hole,
- disconcert,
- tease,
- irk,
- annoy,
- put in a spot.
Other synonyms:
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- crummy,
- subhuman,
- catastrophic,
- chronic,
- poor,
- costly,
- ignoble,
- pitiful,
- obstructive,
- troublesome,
- abysmal,
- shocking,
- second-rate,
- punitive,
- problem,
- dismal,
- sad,
- provocative,
- low-grade,
- execrable,
- fractious,
- amiss,
- touchy,
- intrusive,
- dodgy,
- self-defeating,
- third-rate,
- egregious,
- offending,
- shoddy,
- unseemly,
- terribly,
- burdensome,
- devilish,
- opprobrious,
- puny,
- damning,
- confusion,
- poorly,
- problematic,
- contemptible,
- disruptive,
- undignified,
- irreparable,
- vexed,
- rotten,
- tendentious,
- shabby,
- fraught,
- expensive,
- toe-curling,
- bastardized,
- low-class,
- ill,
- invidious,
- deficient,
- inglorious,
- unspeakable,
- schismatic,
- divisive,
- dire,
- contentious,
- murphy's law.
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- diabolical,
- uncomfortable,
- rogue,
- adverse,
- incendiary,
- appalling,
- unfavorable,
- dreaded,
- corrosive,
- prickly,
- unfortunate,
- inflammatory,
- atrocious,
- mischievous,
- embarrassed.
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- painful,
- weak,
- third class,
- crippling.
- distressing,
- smutty,
- chaos,
- foul,
- inopportune,
- immoral,
- embarrass,
- discreditable,
- despicable,
- helpless,
- flagrant,
- Flustering,
- disarray,
- worrisome,
- Barricading,
- inapt,
- muggy,
- debasing,
- dissipated,
- insulting,
- infamous,
- ungainly,
- uneasy,
- confusing,
- inauspicious,
- filthy,
- disagreeable,
- floor,
- notorious,
- Encumbering,
- circumvent,
- chastening,
- deplorable,
- degenerate,
- mean,
- Bothering,
- inappropriate,
- blocking,
- beat,
- un,
- puzzling,
- anarchy,
- debauched,
- stupefy,
- viscous,
- salacious,
- preclude,
- thorny,
- entangle,
- embarrassingly,
- bafflement,
- clutter,
- mystify,
- revolting,
- immobilizing,
- bunglesome,
- depraved,
- rattling,
- stump,
- repugnant,
- profligate,
- unpropitious,
- gross,
- nauseous,
- steamy,
- troubling,
- degraded,
- obnoxious,
- problematical,
- Deflecting,
- Involving,
- thersitical,
- nolo,
- daze,
- pornographic,
- Filibustering,
- mystifying,
- huddle,
- unrestrained,
- evil,
- obscene,
- clumsy,
- foul-mouthed,
- blockading,
- scatological,
- immobilising,
- prevent,
- Clogging,
- viscid,
- Discountenancing,
- objectionable,
- dishonourable,
- profane,
- barring,
- occluding,
- equivocal,
- foreclose,
- disreputable,
- intricate,
- critical,
- dissolute,
- hindering,
- Mazing,
- mucilaginous,
- blameworthy,
- repellent,
- disturbance,
- tender,
- perplexing,
- Entangling,
- Hampering,
- astonish,
- baffling,
- out of countenance,
- baffle,
- crushing,
- dirty,
- disorder,
- Debarring,
- gluey,
- inept,
- impossible,
- stuffing,
- Distracting,
- halting,
- repulsive,
- ticklish,
- disgusting,
- confound,
- corrupt,
- explicit,
- bamboozle,
- Nonplussing,
- gummy,
- Parrying,
- sinful,
- crap,
- ill-chosen,
- complication,
- MLY,
- bustle,
- hairy,
- interfering,
- fulsome,
- unprincipled,
- bewildering,
- Plaguing,
- debased,
- vile,
- bedevil,
- sensitive,
- hubbub,
- naughty,
- fog,
- enigmatic,
- stymie,
- lead astray,
- pandemonium,
- forbid,
- enmeshing,
- mysterious,
- tricky,
- mislead,
- wrong,
- nasty,
- have,
- forestall,
- glutinous,
- pasty,
- sore,
- Lugging,
- bedlam,
- nauseating,
- Complicating,
- scandalous,
- awkwardly,
- posing,
- Obstructing,
- Fescennine,
- ambiguous,
- horrid,
- perverted,
- befuddle.
How to use "Embarrassing" in context?
Embarrassing is a feeling of embarrassment that someone experiences, typically when they are exposed in a public way to their own faults or shortcomings. The word originates from the French word embarras, meaning "impediment.
Paraphrases for Embarrassing:
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Independent
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Adjective
appalling, arduous, burdensome, critical, delicate, deplorable, depressing, difficult, dire, disappointing, disgusting, frustrating, grievous, grim, humiliated, miserable, nasty, onerous, painstaking, pathetic, poignant, problematic, puzzling, shocking, sticky, terrible, thorny, tricky, undesirable, uneasy, upsetting.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
blushing, hindering, impeding, inhibiting, Bothering, Disrupting, Distracting, Doing, Hampering, bugging.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
annoying, ashamed, bashful, confusing, cumbersome, demeaning, disagreeable, disconcerting, disgraceful, disruptive, distressing, disturbing, embarrassed, galling, humiliating, hurtful, inconvenient, intrusive, irritating, laborious, lamentable, messy, outrageous, painful, perplexing, regrettable, ridiculous, sad, scandalous, self-conscious, shame, shameful, shameless, sore, tedious, tiresome, troublesome, troubling, uncomfortable, unfortunate, unpleasant, unsatisfactory, unwelcome, weird, Distracting, Shaming.
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Noun, singular or mass
embarrassment.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
ashamed.
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Adjective
Homophones for Embarrassing:
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- Synonyms:
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