- present participle of embarrass.
embarrassing
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Club hero Willie Miller described Saturday's result as "utterly embarrassing", going on to tell BBC Sportsound listeners that Robinson resembled "a man lost".
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
In online parlance,“cringe” is a kind of embarrassment by proxy when someone posts something that should be embarrassing but which doesn’t seem to be to them.
From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2026
The plan then backfired in embarrassing fashion when the judge determined that the evidence the government mustered was insufficient to establish probable cause to support the charges.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026
They are spooked by embarrassing episodes in which CEOs’ inelegant internal remarks were secretly recorded and leaked online.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
The entire thing was embarrassing and infuriating, but the worst part was Poppy, who was standing with her super-special and shiny coven, smiling and laughing.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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