Antonyms for embarrassingem·bar·rass·ing

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1. embarrassingadjective

   Synonyms:
   awkward

2. embarrassingadjective

   causing embarrassment; makes you feel shy or ashamed; leading to a feeling of uncomfortable self-consciousness

   Synonyms:
   awkward

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1. awkward, embarrassing, sticky, unenviableadjective

   hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment

   "awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion"; "an awkward pause followed his remark"; "a sticky question"; "in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign"

   Antonyms:
   easy, pleasant

   Synonyms:
   mortifying, unenviable, ungainly, ill-chosen, clumsy, inapt, glutinous, mucilaginous, viscous, awkward, bunglesome, muggy, cumbersome, viscid, inept, gummy, ill at ease(p), gluey, pasty, uneasy, steamy, sticky

2. embarrassing, mortifyingadjective

   causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation

   "the embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles"; "it was mortifying to know he had heard every word"

   Antonyms:
   easy, pleasant

   Synonyms:
   humbling, mortifying, demeaning, sticky, awkward, humiliating, unenviable

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1. embarrassingadjective

   Synonyms:
   disconcerting, distressing, perplexing, confusing

How to use embarrassing in a sentence?

1. Jonathan Wackrow:

   My gut reaction is,( this is) really embarrassing, those were not even commercial comments, they're almost amateurish. He just did everything wrong with Scott Pruitt.

2. Yuval Shany:

   The logic is Israel may be willing to turn a blind eye to transactions that are conducted with friendly regimes in the sense that they are friendly to Israel but not necessarily friendly to human rights, i think this recent scandal, which is quite embarrassing both for NSO but also for Israel, would lead at least in the short run to some tightening of export controls standards.

3. Zhang Ze:

   It's embarrassing to see the pictures, if the tournaments cannot attract enough sponsors and spectators and media interest, (China) will lose them eventually. I think they are in danger, some of them.

4. The Secret Service statement:

   The fact that this event involved senior-level agents is not only embarrassing but exhibits a clear lack of judgment in a potentially dangerous situation.

5. Tara Setmayer:

   My party, the Republicans, have really just rolled over and decided that they’d rather just be cult-like sycophants and just ignore what Donald Trump has done, it’s embarrassing.

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