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embarrassing

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of embarrassing

causing embarrassment

an embarrassing failure of memory inauspiciously marked my first appearance as an actor

Synonyms of embarrassing

awkward, discomfiting, disconcerting, disturbing, flustering, uncomfortable

Words Related to embarrassing

confusing, difficult, disagreeable, impossible, inconvenient, intolerable, troublesome, unpleasant, unwieldy

debasing, degrading, demeaning, humbling, humiliating, mortifying

Near Antonyms of embarrassing

agreeable, comfortable, convenient, pleasing

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