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embarrassing
(em|bar¦rass|ing)
Pronunciation:
/ɪmˈbarəsɪŋ, ɛm-/
adjective
causing embarrassment:
an embarrassing muddle
Derivatives
embarrassingly
adverb
[
as submodifier
]
:
a performance containing many embarrassingly bad moments
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