English
Verb
embarrassing
present participle of embarrass
Noun
embarrassing (usually uncountable , plural embarrassings )
The action of the verb to embarrass ; embarrassment .
Robert 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.
Adjective
embarrassing (comparative more embarrassing , superlative most embarrassing )
Causing embarrassment ; leading to a feeling of uncomfortable shame or self-consciousness .
1963 , Margery Allingham , chapter 20, in The China Governess [1] :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.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
causing embarrassment
Belarusian: бянтэ́жачы ( bjantéžačy )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 令 人 困窘 的 ( lìng rén kùnjiǒng de ) , 好 糗 的 ( hǎo qiǔ de )
Czech: trapný (cs)
Danish: flov (da) , pinlig
Dutch: gênant (nl)
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: piinlik
French: embarrassant (fr) , gênant (fr)
German: peinlich (de)
Greek: ντροπιαστικός (el) ( ntropiastikós )
Hindi: (please verify ) लज्जास्पद ( lajjāspada )
Hungarian: ( normal ) kínos (hu) , ( informal ) ciki (hu) , gázos (hu) , gáz (hu) , ( slang ) égő (hu)
Italian: imbarazzante (it) m or f
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Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: difficilis (la)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: pinlig (no) , flaut
Portuguese: embaraçoso (pt) , constrangedor (pt)
Russian: смуща́ющий (ru) ( smuščájuščij ) , затрудни́тельный (ru) ( zatrudnítelʹnyj )
Sanskrit: लज्जास्पद ( lajjāspada )
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: postiđujući
Spanish: vergonzoso (es) , embarazoso (es) (colloquial), bochornoso (es) , abochornante (es) , sonrojante
Swedish: pinsam (sv) , genant (sv)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: бенте́жний ( bentéžnyj ) , утру́днений ( utrúdnenyj )