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C2tocausesomeone tofeelnervous,worried, oruncomfortable: 使尴尬，使窘迫；使为难 You're embarrassing him withyourcompliments!你的赞美之词使他很不好意思。 I didn'twantto embarrass her infrontof herfriends.我并不想在她朋友面前让她感到难堪。 - Look, you've embarrassed him - he's gonebrightred!
- To behonest, it embarrassed me toreceivesuch aneffusivewelcome.
- Mymumalways embarrasses me byarrivingin someridiculousoutfit.
- Why did you make anannouncementinfrontof everyone? Did you have to embarrass us like that?
- Stoptalkingabout his littleproblem- can't youseeyou're embarrassing him?
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesEmbarrassing - awkward
- cringe
- cringe comedy
- cringe-making
- cringeworthy
- cringey
- curl
- curl up and dieidiom
- embarrassing
- embarrassingly
- information
- painful
- putsomeoneon the spotidiom
- show
- show up
- spare
- sparesomeone'sblushesidiom
- spot
- toe-curling
- too much informationidiom
embarrass| American Dictionarytocausesomeone tofeelanxious,ashamed, oruncomfortable: Heknewthatletterwould embarrass him andlaterhetriedto getridof it. embarrassed
Theysatin embarrassedsilence. embarrassing
[+ to infinitive]It’s embarrassing to becaughttellingalie. embarrassingly
an embarrassinglypoorperformance embarrassment
[U]Sheforgotherlinesandblushedwith embarrassment. Examplesofembarrassembarrass This did, however, bias the participants in an unprecedented, at times embarrassing, way.From theCambridge English Corpus This was a desperate attempt by whig leaders toembarrassa succeeding tory government and carry themselves back into office.From theCambridge English Corpus For example, a funny or embarrassing incident, a frightening story, accident or danger, or a time you got into trouble with your parents.From theCambridge English Corpus We may feel less embarrassed to discuss the spiritual-creative link with those we work with, thus engendering conversations which may lead to others' openings.From theCambridge English Corpus Sometimes the fog briefly lifts, and the spectacle becomes faintly embarrassing.From theCambridge English Corpus Such cavalier treatment of the data is an embarrassment to the field and should be embarrassing to the authors.From theCambridge English Corpus This was because of the dependent's behaviour, which, particularly when eating, had become embarrassing to their carer.From theCambridge English Corpus The author is no less embarrassing about the language of wine-tasting, about which he has an undue amount to say.From theCambridge English Corpus Unfortunately, the conditions in which we live activelyembarrassefforts to provide such theory.From theCambridge English Corpus The phrase looks nice on the page but, coming on the heels of that shibboleth second foot, proves delicately embarrassing to say aloud.From theCambridge English Corpus When you get older it is embarrassing because people are staring at you.From theCambridge English Corpus What is it about our embarrassing friend that makes him so hard to spell?From theCambridge English Corpus A somewhat clinical, earnest, tight-lipped, almost embarrassed, tone often characterizes their discourse on this topic.From theCambridge English Corpus Selective sympathectomy: 71% of patients, moderate 50%, embarrassing 21%.From theCambridge English Corpus Truncal sympathectomy: 72% of patients, moderate 22%, embarrassing 46%, and disabling 4%.From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |