embarrassing

The word “embarrassing” has 4 syllables: em-bar-rass-ing

It's pronounced as /ɪmˈbær.ə.sɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for embarrassing?

In the thesaurus, “embarrassing” has 144 synonyms and 50 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for embarrassing along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for embarrassing

abashing
agitating
arresting
awkward
baffling
balking
barricading
bewildering
binding
blockading
blocking
bothering
braking
chagrining
chaining
checking
choking
clogging
complexifying
complexing
complicating
compromising
confining
confounding
confusing
constraining
cramping
curbing
debasing
degrading
delaying
delicate
demeaning
derailing
developing
difficult
disagreeable
discomfiting
discomforting
discommoding
discommodious
discomposing
disconcerting
discountenancing
dismaying
disquieting
disrupting
distracting
distressing
disturbing
elaborating
encumbering
entangling
equivocal
exasperating
expanding
fazing
fettering
flustering
foiling
frustrating
giving a hard time
haltering
hampering
handcuffing
handicapping
hindering
hobbling
hog-tying
holding back
holding up
humbling
humiliating
impeding
impossible
incommodious
inconvenient
inhibiting
inopportune
intensifying
intolerable
leashing
magnifying
manacling
miring
mortifying
muddling
muzzling
nonplusing
nonplussing
obstructing
perplexing
perturbing
putting off
putting out
puzzling
queering
rattling
reining
repressing
restraining
retaining
retarding
roadblocking
sabotaging
sensitive
shackling
shameful
shaming
short-circuiting
smothering
snarling
sophisticating
sticky
stifling
strangling
stumping
stymieing
suffocating
suppressing
tangling
tethering
thwarting
ticklish
tieing
tieing up
touchy
trammeling
trammelling
tricky
troublesome
troubling
tying
tying up
uncomfortable
uneasy
unhinging
unpleasant
unpropitious
unseemly
unsettling
unwieldy
upsetting
worrisome

Antonyms for embarrassing

abbreviating
agreeable
aiding
assisting
assuring
buoying
calming
cheering
clearing
comfortable
comforting
consoling
convenient
cutting
disentangling
easing
easy
emboldening
encouraging
facilitating
freeing
furthering
heartening
helpful
helping
liberating
loosening
making way
opening
oversimplifying
pleasing
promoting
reassuring
releasing
relieving
shortening
simplifying
smoothing
soothing
straightforward
streamlining
unclogging
uncomplicated
unplugging
unraveling
unshameful
unstopping
untangling
untieing
untying

Meanings of embarrassing

verb
1. To humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to disconcert; to abash.
2. To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct.
3. To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to encumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands.
noun
1. The action of the verb to embarrass; embarrassment.
adjective
1. Causing embarrassment; leading to a feeling of uncomfortable shame or self-consciousness.

Example Sentences

It was embarrassing to trip in front of the entire class.
She told an embarrassing story about her childhood.
Forgetting his name was really embarrassing for me.
The situation became more embarrassing as people started laughing.
He laughed off the embarrassing mistake and moved on.

On this page you'll find 194 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to embarrassing, such as: abashing, abbreviating, agitating, agreeable, aiding, arresting, assisting.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.