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Embarassing vs Embarrassing - What's the difference?

embarassing | embarrassing |

As nouns the difference between embarassing and embarrassing

is that embarassing is misspelling of lang=en while embarrassing is the action of the verb to embarrass.

As a verb embarrassing is

present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective embarrassing is

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

embarassing

English

Noun

(head)
  • embarrassing

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of the verb to embarrass .
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing embarrassment; makes you feel shy or ashamed; leading to a feeling of uncomfortable self-consciousness.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
  • , chapter=20 citation , passage=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.}}

    Synonyms

    * awkward

    Derived terms

    * embarrassingly