embarrassing

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation

   The embarrassing moment occurred after they had stripped down to their under garments.

2. 2
   noun

   The action of the verb to embarrass; embarrassment.

   May 11, 1715, Robert Wodrow, letter to Mrs Wodrow It seemed, at first, to be agreed, that the King should be addressed by the Assembly; but the time of presenting, because of the present embarrassings of affairs, to be left to the Commission.

3. 3
   adj

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

   The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness, mean and embarrassing and sad.

4. 4
   adj

   hard to deal with

5. 5
   verb

   present participle and gerund of embarrass

Etymology

By surface analysis, embarrass + -ing.