embarrassing 音标拼音: [ɪmb'ɛrəsɪŋ]
a . 令人困窘的
令人困窘的
embarrassing adj 1 :
hard to deal with ;
especially causing pain or embarrassment ; "
awkward (
or embarrassing or difficult )
moments in the discussion "; "
an awkward pause followed his remark "; "
a sticky question "; "
in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign " [
synonym : {
awkward },
{
embarrassing }, {
sticky }, {
unenviable }]
2 :
causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation ; "
the embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles "; "
it was mortifying to know he had heard every word " [
synonym : {
embarrassing }, {
mortifying }]
embarrassing \
embarrassing \
adj .
1 .
hard to deal with ;
as ,
greeted with an embarrassing silence .
Syn :
awkward ,
disconcerting ,
off -
putting ,
sticky ,
tight ,
unenviable .
[
WordNet 1 .
5 ]
2 .
causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation .
Syn :
mortifying ,
shame -
making .
[
WordNet 1 .
5 ]
Embarrass \
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Embarrassed } ([
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p .
pr . &
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n .
{
Embarrassing }.] [
F .
embarrasser (
cf .
Sp .
embarazar ,
Pg .
embara [,
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Pr .
barras bar );
pref .
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LL .
barra bar .
See {
Bar }.]
1 .
To hinder from freedom of thought ,
speech ,
or action by something which impedes or confuses mental action ;
to make (
a person )
unpleasantly self -
conscious ;
to perplex ;
to discompose ;
to disconcert ;
as ,
laughter may embarrass an orator . [
WordNet sense 1 ]
Syn :
abash ,
discompose ,
disconcert ,
discomfit ,
chagrin . [
1913 Webster PJC ]
2 .
To hinder from liberty of movement ;
to impede ;
to obstruct ;
as ,
business is embarrassed ;
public affairs are embarrassed . [
WordNet sense 2 ]
Syn :
obstruct ,
blockade ,
block ,
hinder ,
stymie . [
1913 Webster ]
3 . (
Com .)
To involve in difficulties concerning money matters ;
to incumber with debt ;
to beset with urgent claims or demands ; --
said of a person or his affairs ;
as ,
a man or his business is embarrassed when he can not meet his pecuniary engagements .
Syn :
To hinder ;
perplex ;
entangle ;
confuse ;
puzzle ;
disconcert ;
abash ;
distress . --
To {
Embarrass },
{
Puzzle }, {
Perplex }.
We are puzzled when our faculties are confused by something we do not understand .
We are perplexed when our feelings ,
as well as judgment ,
are so affected that we know not how to decide or act .
We are embarrassed when there is some bar or hindrance upon us which impedes our powers of thought ,
speech ,
or motion .
A schoolboy is puzzled by a difficult sum ;
a reasoner is perplexed by the subtleties of his opponent ;
a youth is sometimes so embarrassed before strangers as to lose his presence of mind .
[
1913 Webster ]
32 Moby Thesaurus words for "
embarrassing ":
awkward ,
baffling ,
bewildering ,
bothering ,
chastening ,
confounding ,
confusing ,
crushing ,
discomposing ,
disconcerting ,
dismaying ,
distracting ,
distressing ,
disturbing ,
enigmatic ,
humbling ,
humiliating ,
humiliative ,
intricate ,
mortifying ,
mysterious ,
mystifying ,
perplexing ,
perturbing ,
problematic ,
puzzling ,
shameful ,
shaming ,
touchy ,
uncomfortable ,
upsetting ,
worrying
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