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1. Hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment
   "embarrassing moments in the discussion"
   - awkward, sticky, unenviable
    
2. Causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation
   "the embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles"
   - mortifying

1. Cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
   - abash
    
2. Hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
   "His brother embarrassed him at every turn"
   - obstruct, blockade, block, hinder, stymie, stymy

See also: difficult, embarrassingly, embarrassment, hard, unpleasant

Type of: discomfit, discompose, disconcert, forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent, untune, upset

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