Descriptions & Equivalents
- aired his dirty laundry
- awkward
- black eye for the whole town
- blushing
- called his wife by the wrong name
- caught with his pants down
- couldn't pay his check
- credit card declined
- cringe-worthy
- cringing with embarrassment
- crude remarks directed at her
- don't want to embarrass myself
- egg on his face
- face turned bright red
- fly was open
- forgot his lines
- hid his face
- it's a scandal
- laughing stock
- hid his face
- mortifying
- poisoned the well
- reddened my face
- ridiculed
- shadow hangs over her
- shot himself in the foot
- slut-shamed
- stood up by his date
- suffered a big black eye
- toilet paper stuck on the bottom his shoe
- underwear is showing
- wardrobe malfunction
- waved to someone who wasn't waving at you
Embarrassing. Something that causes a person discomfort due to social awkwardness. The president was making the country look bad with his embarrassing tweets.
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It’s almost embarrassing how much support I have. I mean, I always tell people I feel like I’m perfectly set up to have cancer. I have great health insurance, I have a savings account. I have work lined up. I have friends and family. I have the best doctors I can get. – Tig Notaro
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