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embarrassable

embarrassable adjective: capable of being embarrassed.

Adjective

embarrassable (comparative more embarrassable, superlative most embarrassable)

  1. Capable of being embarrassed.
    • But true scientists should not be embarrassable.1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 144
    • Highly embarrassable people think that they blush more frequently and more conspicuously than others...2009, Mark R. Leary, Rick H. Hoyle, Handbook of individual differences in social behavior, page 186

Antonyms of embarrassable

Forms of embarrassable

comparativemore embarrassable
superlativemost embarrassable

Origin of embarrassable

From embarrass + -able.

Words formed from embarrassable

Questions about embarrassable

What does embarrassable mean?
Embarrassable means capable of being embarrassed.
What part of speech is embarrassable?
Embarrassable is an adjective.

Words near embarrassable in the dictionary

  1. embarras
  2. embarrased
  3. embarrasing
  4. embarrass
  5. embarrassability
  6. embarrassable
  7. embarrassed
  8. embarrassedly
  9. embarrasser
  10. embarrassers
  11. embarrasses

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