# embarrassing

Pronunciation: say "im-BA-ruh-sing" /ɪmˈbæɹəsɪŋ/

## Adjective

1. Causing a feeling of uncomfortable shame or self-consciousness.
   - Simple: Making someone feel ashamed or uncomfortable in front of other people.
   - _His embarrassing slip of the tongue silenced the whole room._
   - _Forgetting her boss's name in front of the clients was deeply embarrassing._

## Verb

2. Present participle and gerund of embarrass. — present participle and gerund of embarrass
   - Simple: Present participle of embarrass. Use this form for something happening now or after words like 'is' and 'was'.
   - _The candidate kept embarrassing himself with off-the-cuff remarks._
   - _Constantly embarrassing the team, he was eventually dropped from the roster._

## Noun

3. The action of making someone feel embarrassed; embarrassment.
   - Simple: The act of making someone feel ashamed or uncomfortable.
   - _The deliberate embarrassing of opponents had become his signature tactic in debates._
   - _He took a quiet, cruel pleasure in the embarrassing of his rivals._

## Origin

Formed from "embarrass" with the ending "-ing".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/embarrassing (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).