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==English==

===Etymology===
{{surf|en|embarrass|-ing}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ɪmˈbæɹəsɪŋ/|a=RP,NYC}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-embarrassing.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{IPA|en|/ɪmˈbæɹəsɪŋ/|a=GA,nMmmm}}
* {{IPA|en|/ɪmˈbɛɹəsɪŋ/|a=GA,Mary-marry-merry}}
* {{audio|en|En-us-embarrassing.ogg|a=US}}
* {{hyph|en|em|bar|rass|ing}}

===Verb===
{{head|en|verb form}}

# {{infl of|en|embarrass||ing-form}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|-|s}}

# The action of the verb '''to embarrass'''; [[embarrassment]].
#* '''May 11, 1715''', {{w|Robert Wodrow}}, ''letter to Mrs Wodrow''
#*: It seemed, at first, to be agreed, that the King should be addressed by the Assembly; but the time of presenting, because of the present '''embarrassings''' of affairs, to be left to the Commission.

===Adjective===
{{en-adj}}

# Causing [[embarrassment]]; leading to a feeling of [[uncomfortable]] shame or [[self-consciousness]].
#* {{RQ:Allingham China Governess|Eye Witness|249|The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness, mean and '''embarrassing''' and sad.}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|en|awkward}}
* {{l|en|shameful}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|en|embarrassingly}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|causing embarrassment}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|бянтэ́жачы}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|[[令]][[人]][[困窘]]的|tr=lìng rén kùnjiǒng de}}, {{t|cmn|[[好]][[糗]]的|tr=hǎo qiǔ de}}, {{t|cmn|[[尷尬]]|tr=gāngà}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|trapný}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|flov}}, {{t|da|pinlig}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|gênant}}
* Esperanto: {{t-needed|eo}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|piinlik}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|nolo}}, {{t+|fi|nolostuttava}}, {{t+|fi|kiusallinen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|embarrassant}}, {{t+|fr|gênant}}
* German: {{t+|de|peinlich}}, {{t+|de|bemühend}} {{qualifier|Switzerland}}, {{t+|de|blamabel}}, {{t+|de|beschämend}}, {{t+|de|unangenehm}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|ντροπιαστικός}}
* Hindi: {{t+check|hi|लज्जास्पद}}
* Hungarian: {{qualifier|normal}} {{t+|hu|kínos}}, {{qualifier|informal}} {{t+|hu|ciki}}, {{t+|hu|gázos}}, {{t+|hu|gáz}}, {{qualifier|slang}} {{t+|hu|égő}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|vandræðalegur}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|memalukan}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|imbarazzante|m|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|恥ずかしい|tr=はずかしい, hazukashii}}
* Lao: {{t-needed|lo}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|difficilis}}, {{t|la|humiliāns }}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|pinlig}}, {{t|nb|flaut}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|krępujący}}, {{t+|pl|żenujący}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|embaraçoso}}, {{t+|pt|constrangedor}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|jenant}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|смуща́ющий}}, {{t+|ru|затрудни́тельный}}
* Sanskrit: {{t|sa|लज्जास्पद}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Roman: {{t|sh|postiđujući}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|vergonzoso}}, {{t+|es|embarazoso}} (colloquial), {{t+|es|bochornoso}}, {{t+|es|abochornante}}, {{t|es|sonrojante}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|pinsam}}, {{t+|sv|genant}}
* Thai: {{t-needed|th}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|бенте́жний}}, {{t|uk|утру́днений}}
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