Meanings
adjectiveembarrassable (comparative more embarrassable, superlative most embarrassable)
comparative more embarrassable · superlative most embarrassable
- Capable of being embarrassed.
But true scientists should not be embarrassable.
1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 1441 more example
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
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
Origin
- Akkadian𒆟 (rakāsum)
- Akkadian𒄙 (markasu)
- Classical Syriacܡܰܪܫܳܐ (maršā)
- Arabicمَرَسَة (marasa)
- Old Galician-Portuguesebaraço
- Old Galician-Portugueseembaraçar
- Old Spanishembaraçar
- Spanishembarazar
- Frenchembarrasser
- Englishembarrass
- Englishembarrassable
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