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embarrassingly
Variant of embarrass
transitive verb
- to cause to feel self-conscious, confused, and ill at ease; disconcert; fluster
- to cause difficulties to; hinder; impede
- to cause to be in debt; cause financial difficulties to
- to make more difficult; complicate
Related Forms:
- embarrassing adjective
- embarrassingly adverb
- embarrassment noun
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