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embarrasing

embarrasing is the misspelling of embarrassing.

Meaning of embarrassing

Adjective

embarrassing (comparative more embarrassing, superlative most embarrassing)

  1. Causing embarrassment; leading to a feeling of uncomfortable shame or self-consciousness.
    • 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, →OCLC, page 249
    Synonyms:
    awkward, shameful

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Questions about embarrasing

What is embarrasing the misspelling of?
Embarrasing is the misspelling of embarrassing.

Words near embarrasing in the dictionary

  1. embarned
  2. embarning
  3. embarns
  4. embarras
  5. embarrased
  6. embarrasing
  7. embarrass
  8. embarrassability
  9. embarrassable
  10. embarrassed
  11. embarrassedly

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