: causing a feeling of self-conscious confusion and distress : causing embarrassment
an embarrassing error
The official was ever so polite, and ever so sorry, but the rule was strict, and he could not let us in. It was very embarrassing, for many eyes were on us. Mark Twain
Recent Examples on the WebThat decision wasn’t driven entirely by the embarrassing snippets in the Project Veritas videos, suggested Sandler. Erik Wemple, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2022 Making matters even worse, those embarrassing things can then potentially be broadcast all over the world. Dalton Ross, EW.com, 16 Sep. 2022 Twenty-something-year-old alcoholic Samantha Fink is forced to move back home with her overbearing mother following an embarrassing public breakdown. Toby Grey, BGR, 16 Sep. 2022 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a rare trip outside the capital city of Kyiv on Wednesday to visit areas Ukraine's military has retaken from Russia in a counteroffensive that sent Russian forces into an embarrassing retreat. Harold Maass, The Week, 15 Sep. 2022 After February’s bungled initial invasion, which saw Russian troops on the outskirts of Kharkiv, a city of more than a million, the Russian high command retrenched in the face of its embarrassing failures and horrifying combat losses. The Editors, National Review, 15 Sep. 2022 The threat also comes as Mr. Putin faces one of his most embarrassing setbacks on the ground in Ukraine. Jared Malsin, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2022 The admission is furthermore extremely embarrassing as academic honesty is considered the cornerstone of higher education. Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2022 Another showed that sharing embarrassing stories about oneself led to more creative brainstorming—perhaps because the activity preemptively alleviated any fears of humiliation that might have kept people from sharing their most daring ideas. Kate Cray, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2022 See More
VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤be, prove, sound令人困窘;證明令人難堪;聽起來令人尷尬▸➤become, get變得令人尷尬▸➤make sth使⋯令人困窘◇My mother's presence made the situation even more embarrassing.母親在場使局面更加令人尷尬。➤find sb/sth覺得⋯令人困窘◇I found the whole evening deeply embarrassing.我感覺整個晚上讓人極度尷尬。ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/相當/非常令人尷尬▸➤acutely, deeply, excruciatingly, highly, particularly, terribly, toe-curlingly (BrE) 特別令人難堪;非常令人羞愧;極其令人尷尬◇a deeply embarrassing moment非常令人尷尬的時刻➤increasingly越來越令人困窘▸➤almost幾乎令人困窘▸➤a little, slightly, etc.有點兒/略有些令人困窘▸➤potentially很可能令人困窘▸➤politically政治上令人尷尬PREPOSITION➤for對⋯來說是尷尬的◇It was acutely embarrassing for us all.這對我們所有人來說都極為尷尬。➤to令⋯處境尷尬◇This latest incident could be embarrassing to the government.最近的這次事故可能令政府難堪。