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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are embarrassing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that causes embarrassment or is considered shameful in a particular context.
Example: "The mistakes in the report are embarrassing for the entire team."
Alternatives: "are shameful" or "are humiliating".
Dictionary
are embarrassing
verb
To humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to disconcert; to abash
Exact(59)
"They are embarrassing".
Those optics are embarrassing.
They are embarrassing to our campus.
One's own parents are embarrassing enough.
Conventional self-help books are embarrassing.
But these flimsy excuses are embarrassing.
Thompson says drily: "People are embarrassing".
The attempts at social satire are embarrassing.
Mr Lukashenka's shameless abuses and anti-western rants are embarrassing.
The disclosures are embarrassing for the Royal family.
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