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{
"term": "embarrassing",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "making you feel shy, uncomfortable or ashamed",
"sensetop": "embarrassing for somebodyembarrassing to do somethingembarrassing (for somebody) (to do something)embarrassing doing something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "an **embarrassing moment/situation**"
},
{
"text": "an embarrassing mistake/gaffe"
},
{
"text": "an embarrassing question"
},
{
"text": "I didn't want to risk making the rest of the evening painfully embarrassing for both of us.",
"contextForm": "embarrassing for somebody"
},
{
"text": "His terrible acting is just embarrassing to watch.",
"contextForm": "embarrassing to do something"
},
{
"text": "It can be embarrassing for children to tell complete strangers about such incidents.",
"contextForm": "embarrassing (for somebody) (to do something)"
},
{
"text": "It was so embarrassing having to sing in public.",
"contextForm": "embarrassing doing something"
},
{
"text": "I found the whole evening intensely embarrassing."
},
{
"text": "It was acutely embarrassing for us all."
},
{
"text": "My mother's presence made the situation even more embarrassing."
},
{
"text": "a deeply embarrassing moment"
}
],
"topics": ["Feelings"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "prove", "sound"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["for", "to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "causing somebody to look stupid, dishonest, etc.",
"sensetop": "embarrassing to somebodyembarrassing for somebody",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "This EU ruling puts Britain in a very embarrassing position."
},
{
"text": "to be potentially/politically embarrassing"
},
{
"text": "The report is likely to prove highly embarrassing to the government.",
"contextForm": "embarrassing to somebody"
},
{
"text": "Such action by a NATO ally would be extremely embarrassing for the United States.",
"contextForm": "embarrassing for somebody"
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "prove", "sound"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["for", "to"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪmˈbærəsɪŋ/",
"audio": "em/embarrassing/embarrassing__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪmˈbærəsɪŋ/",
"audio": "em/embarrassing/embarrassing__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}