{
    "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
}