embarrassing

verbosostantivoaggettivocorrente nei dialoghi

Stati Uniti//ɪmˈbæɹ.ə.sɪŋ//
Australia//ɪmˈbæɹ.ə.sɪŋ//
//ɪmˈbɛɹ.ə.sɪŋ//

The action of the verb to embarrass; embarrassment.

verbo

1
Anche una forma di embarrasspresent participle and gerund of embarrass

Etimologia

By surface analysis, embarrass + -ing.

sostantivo

1
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.

aggettivo

1
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.
In a famously embarrassing incident in 1996, America Online's errant dirty-word filter prevented residents of the British town Scunthorpe from signing up as new customers.
“Barack Obama wrote the Epstein files? LOL. This is outright embarrassing,” Candace Owens wrote on X.

Forme

plurale: embarrassings
comparativo: more embarrassing
superlativo: most embarrassing

embarrass · To disrupt someone's composure or comfort with acting…Embarrass · A river or settlement in the United States: A river in…embarrassed · Having a feeling of shameful discomfort.

embarrassing · The action of the verb to embarrass; embarrassment.

embarrassment · A state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or…embassy · The function or duty of an ambassador.embedded · Part of; firmly, or securely surrounded; lodged solidly into;…

Le pagine vicine — L'ordine alfabetico segue le regole della lingua, non il valore dei byte: un accento distingue soltanto due parole per il resto identiche, e lo spagnolo tratta la Ñ come una lettera a sé.