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Meaning of "embarrassable" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EMBARRASSABLE

embarrassable  [ɪmˈbærəsəbəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EMBARRASSABLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Embarrassable is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES EMBARRASSABLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of embarrassable in the English dictionary

The definition of embarrassable in the dictionary is able to be embarrassed.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EMBARRASSABLE


accessible
əkˈsɛsəbəl
admissible
ədˈmɪsəbəl
compassable
ˈkʌmpəsəbəl
extensible
ɪkˈstɛnsəbəl
impossible
ɪmˈpɒsəbəl
inaccessible
ˌɪnækˈsɛsəbəl
indispensable
ˌɪndɪˈspɛnsəbəl
invincible
ɪnˈvɪnsəbəl
irresponsible
ˌɪrɪˈspɒnsəbəl
irreversible
ˌɪrɪˈvɜːsəbəl
noticeable
ˈnəʊtɪsəbəl
permissible
pəˈmɪsəbəl
pierceable
ˈpɪəsəbəl
releasable
rɪˈliːsəbəl
replaceable
rɪˈpleɪsəbəl
responsible
rɪˈspɒnsəbəl
reversible
rɪˈvɜːsəbəl
submersible
səbˈmɜːsəbəl
taxable
ˈtæksəbəl
witnessable
ˈwɪtnəsəbəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EMBARRASSABLE

embar
embarcadero
embarcation
embargo
embark
embarkation
embarkation card
embarkment
embarquement
embarras de choix
embarras de richesses
embarrass
embarrassed
embarrassedly
embarrassing
embarrassingly
embarrassment
embase
embasement
embassade

WORDS THAT END LIKE EMBARRASSABLE

able
addressable
advisable
closable
collapsable
conversable
disable
disposable
focusable
inexcusable
kissable
licensable
passable
realisable
reusable
sable
unrecognisable
unsurpassable
unusable
usable
utilisable

Synonyms and antonyms of embarrassable in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «embarrassable» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EMBARRASSABLE

Find out the translation of embarrassable to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of embarrassable from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «embarrassable» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

embarrassable
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

embarrassable
570 millions of speakers

English

embarrassable
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

embarrassable
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

embarrassable
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

embarrassable
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

embarrassable
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

embarrassable
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

embarrassable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Malu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

embarrassable
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

embarrassable
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

embarrassable
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Embarrassable
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

embarrassable
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

embarrassable
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लाजीरवाणी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

embarrassable
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

embarrassable
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

embarrassable
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

embarrassable
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

embarrassable
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

embarrassable
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

embarrassable
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

embarrassable
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

embarrassable
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of embarrassable

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EMBARRASSABLE»

The term «embarrassable» is used very little and occupies the 190.985 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EMBARRASSABLE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «embarrassable» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «embarrassable» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about embarrassable

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EMBARRASSABLE»

Discover the use of embarrassable in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to embarrassable and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Handbook of Individual Differences in Social Behavior
Highly embarrassable people take note of social rules, and they are more likely than those who are less embarrassable to detect improprieties that (they think) are violations of them. They are probably thin-skinned in this regard, because they ...
Mark R. Leary, Rick H. Hoyle, 2013
2
Embarrassment: Poise and Peril in Everyday Life
were also less embarrassable. The "effectiveness" of a person's social behavior, then, did say something about how embarrassable that person was likely to be. Presumably, such talents both help one avoid predicaments that befall others ...
Rowland S. Miller, 1997
3
Social Anxiety: Clinical, Developmental, and Social Perspectives
Individual Differences Of course, by the time we are adults, some of us are more embarrassable than others. Individual differences in susceptibility to embarrassment, or embarrassability, can be readily assessed with a variety of measures (e.g. ...
Stefan G. Hofmann, Patricia M. DiBartolo, 2010
4
Social Anxiety
Highly embarrassable people tend to score higher than less embarrassable people in fear of negative evaluation, public self-consciousness, and shyness ( Edel- mann, 1985, 1987; Leary & Meadows, 1991; R. S. Miller, in press-a; Modigliani, ...
Mark R. Leary, Robin M. Kowalski, 1997
5
The Self-Conscious Emotions: Theory and Research
Highly embarrassable people get embarrassed more frequently than other people, but that is not because they are especially maladroit or inept; there is no link between embarrassability and one's global level of social skill (Miller, 1995).
Jessica L. Tracy, Richard W. Robins, June Price Tangney, 2013
6
The Psychological Significance of the Blush
Highly embarrassable people dread disregard from others, and they tend to believe that others' evaluations of them are more negative than they really are. Notably, they also receive higher scores on the attachment dimension of anxiety about ...
W. Ray Crozier, Peter J. de Jong, 2012
7
The Pianos I Have Known: The Autobiography Of Irving Fields
EMBARRASSABLE. YOU. I've spent all my life playing the piano so it's been fun and interesting when I've got to do something different. I wrote a column for the New York Post many years ago called Embarrassable You. I interviewed lots of ...
Irving Fields, Tony Sachs, 2012
8
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Eleventh Edition
406. embarrassable. •. embroidering. place in doubt, perplexity, or difficulties b : to involve in financial difficulties C : to cause to experience a state of self- conscious distress <bawdy stories ~~ed him) 2 a : to hamper the movement of b ...
‎2004
9
Structures of Social Action
... line 20 "the firs' bad one." Given such a formulation, reaction from the party who produced the embarrassable is a potentially seeable event in its own right at a specific place in the telling: when what he said is revealed to the others present.
J. Maxwell Atkinson, John Heritage, 1984
10
Mum's the Word: A Flower Shop Mystery
It was a daring look for a forty-five year old mother of a highly embarrassable seventeen-year-old boy. Even more daring considering that she had four highly embarrassable seventeen-year-old boys. Lottie's opinion on that was simple: Suck it ...
Kate Collins, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EMBARRASSABLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term embarrassable is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Guardian view on paying for the Queen: an embarrassment of …
Perhaps the contrast should now be recast as that between the constitution's embarrassable and unembarrassable parts. Properly wary of ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
2
The Riot Club review – a satirical cartoon of English class warfare
... a member of Oxford University's Bullingdon Club, along with the rather less embarrassable Boris Johnson. They were a tiresome collection of ... «The Guardian, Sep 14»
3
From The Washington Post archive: 16 Candles for Chelsea Clinton
Chelsea's Secret Service detail has learned how to blend unobtrusively -- how to, in other words, not embarrass infinitely embarrassable ... «Washington Post, Jul 14»
4
Is This What Post-Partisanship Looks Like?
I feel bolder and less embarrassable. Crist makes people feel good. It's what he does. Crist greets members of the clergy at a November 2013 ... «The Atlantic, Mar 14»
5
FDA Watchdog Speaks Out on Dangerous Drugs and Docs
... receiving payments as speakers and consultants. But those who are not embarrassable will continue to benefit from Big Pharma largesse. «BU Today, Mar 14»
6
Johnny Manziel may be immature, but his critics are childish
Well, so what if he is? The main impression left by Manziel since last week is that he's un-embarrassable. There was something Teflon about ... «Washington Post, Jul 13»
7
What Pussy Riot Ruling Means For Russian Regime
APPLEBAUM: You know, there are leaders who - and countries which are un-embarrassable(ph) because they don't want any commerce with ... «NPR, Aug 12»
8
Locker Room Nudity Makes Me Uncomfortable – Am I Weird?
But if some people are “easily embarrassable”, as the study states, that means that there are others out there that, for whatever reason, just ... «BlissTree, Oct 11»
9
Liberals Say Conservatives Have a "Fetish" for the US Constitution
RUSH: Do you think they're embarrassable over contempt for the Constitution? CALLER: Yes. If you hound them every day, they are. You can ... «RushLimbaugh.com, Jan 11»
10
Jack Black Says He Doesn't Embarrass His Kids -- Yet
Asked if he embarrasses his kids, Jack told BANG Showbiz: “Not yet, they are only two and four years old, they are not embarrassable yet. «Zimbio, Dec 10»

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