Similar words: embarrass, embarrassed, embarrassment, passing, outgassing, canvassing, embark, embargo. Meaning: [-sɪŋ] adj. 1. hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment 2. causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation.
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(151) This is acceptable when only the family are around, but when we have guests, embarrassing situations can arise.
(152) The incident has become deeply embarrassing for the Bush administration, precisely because of its caution.
(153) Here are some reasons: Mishearing can cause misunderstandings which may be embarrassing or even funny but certainly not reassuring.
(154) They say I had the vanity to go down to Croisset and make an embarrassing scene on his doorstep.
(155) She had laughed it off, but I fancied she had found the situation embarrassing.
(156) It was rude to gloat too soon after being paid and embarrassing to show anger.
(157) These remarks were highly embarrassing for the government and brought out the different opinions within the party on the open-door policy.
(158) Clinton faces weeks of potentially embarrassing hearings on the subject in Congress.
(159) It was so embarrassing I ran out of the store and haven't dared show my head in there since.
(160) Sometimes he had to leave important meetings hurriedly and rush to the lavatory, which he found extremely embarrassing.
(161) Some parents have unhappy or embarrassing memories of their own teenage years.
(162) It is also rather embarrassing to stop dead on a hack and be unable to proceed further.
(163) Wilson's campaign suffered a number of embarrassing reversals in recent months.
(164) And, as any football-mad kid knows(sentencedict.com), there is nothing as embarrassing as mucking about in last season's kit.
(165) It's almost embarrassing the way his Oxfordshire-based team have dominated Formula One this season.
(166) Although most of the facts were published the government kept back certain details that might prove embarrassing.
(167) The risk that payments might exceed existing money holdings for some unforeseen reason could prove very embarrassing.
(168) It was an embarrassing situation, more so for them than for us.
(169) Many find it very embarrassing to describe their expectations regarding actual physical technique.
(170) Scientists who read it found his speculations on the nature of time embarrassing.
(171) A third reason is that some bank managers feel threatened by a measure which could prove embarrassing. Sentencedict.com
(172) The CIA has often tried to suppress reports that are embarrassing to the agency.
(173) They didn't seem prepared to say anything that might appear embarrassing or gauche later on.
(174) Now I admit, even for a geek, it was a little embarrassing to let investors believe their white magic.
(175) If discussing mixed messages would be embarrassing, then publicly testing for the validity of these explanations would be even more so.
(176) What starts off as a bit of a laugh could quickly turn into an embarrassing muddle.
(177) Robert had been vague about them on an embarrassing number of occasions.
(178) Perhaps he had called them Nibs also, for convenience and to avoid embarrassing mistakes.
(179) If this does happen the interviewer will have a rather embarrassing situation to overcome before going any further.
(180) Giving people the good news about themselves is often very embarrassing.
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