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

1. Cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
   "He was embarrassd by their kindness"; "The revelation embarrassed the whole family";
   - abash
    
2. [archaic] Hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
   "His brother embarrassed him at every turn";
   - obstruct, blockade, block, hinder, stymie, stymy [rare]

See also: cringe [informal], cringeworthy, cringey [informal], cringy, difficult, hard, unpleasant

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

Encyclopedia: Embarrassing