embarrass
Example Sentences
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Asked if the prospect of France sending warships to the region to defend the UK's base was embarrassing, the prime minister's official spokesman said he would not comment on other countries.
From BBC
“Okay, adding them to this chat. Try not to embarrass me.”
From Literature
Something humiliating, although, if I was lucky, the letter would contain something embarrassing.
From Literature
But new cutting-edge front offices are built to identify and exploit every possible avenue, he explained—no matter how unorthodox, or even embarrassing.
She experiences motor twitches, such as jaw jerks, vocal tics and coprolalia - involuntarily using obscene or offensive language - which she says can be "embarrassing" when she's in public.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
