The phrase "embarrassing display" is correct and usable in written English.
You could use it to describe an event or behavior that was uncomfortable to watch or be a part of. Example sentence: His attempts to impress the girl were met with an embarrassing display of awkwardness.
The NRA came to the defense of Republicans, calling the Democratic attempts to close loopholes an "embarrassing display". .
It was an embarrassing display".
It was memorable for Mr. Wilk because he witnessed an embarrassing display of racial prejudice.
This embarrassing display of superprovincialism no doubt amuses the rest of the world, as well it might.
"If they want to take the belt from us in such pathetic and disgusting circumstances, that will result in a public and embarrassing display for the IBF.
After a mildly embarrassing display of fawning adulation, Babbage told him she would love to be an astronaut and asked if it was crazy to apply.
It is striking that Londoners, notorious for being convulsed by courtesy, embarrassed by display and unwilling to look people in the eye on the street, should have theater as their most celebrated art form.
I think many people ask questions of Google, privately, because they are embarrassed to display their lack of knowledge by posing a question on a web they know is all too public.
"All she could do," he sadly notes, "was to make this little display, embarrassing the people in the shop who were sheltering from the rain, village people to whom her poverty would have been well known".
We're not talking about being "sensitive" or getting upset every once in a while, we're talking about a lifetime of disruptive, embarrassing and emotional displays that have had very negative consequences.
The listless performance at Upton Park reinforced the sense that the players had lost faith with Laudrup's methods – Ashley Williams described the West Ham display as "embarrassing" and admitted the plans Laudrup devised to deal with Andy Carroll "didn't work".
