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present participle and gerund of embarrass examples
usually uncountable, plural embarrassings
The action of the verb to embarrass; embarrassment. quotations examples
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.
May 11, 1715, Robert Wodrow, letter to Mrs Wodrow
comparative more embarrassing, superlative most embarrassing
Causing embarrassment; leading to a feeling of uncomfortable shame or self-consciousness. quotations examples
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.
1963, Margery Allingham, “Eye Witness”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, page 249