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Meaning of embarrassing

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  embarrassing
      adj 1: 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" [syn: {awkward},
             {embarrassing}, {sticky}, {unenviable}]
      2: 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" [syn: {embarrassing}, {mortifying}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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