embarrassable

adj

embarrassable

adj

Etymology From embarrass + -able.

1

Capable of being embarrassed.

  • But true scientists should not be embarrassable.1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 144:
  • Highly embarrassable people think that they blush more frequently and more conspicuously than others...2009, Mark R. Leary, Rick H. Hoyle, Handbook of individual differences in social behavior, page 186:
Antonyms
unembarrassable
Derived terms
embarrassability

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