embarrassingly
/ɪmˈbærəsɪŋli/adverb
उच्चारण इम्बैरसिङ्ली
शर्मनाक ढंग से, झेंप पैदा करने वाले तरीके से
Core word
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in a way that makes you feel shy, awkward or ashamed
शर्मनाक ढंग से, झेंप पैदा करने वाले तरीके से
- The team was embarrassingly beaten at home.
- The answer was embarrassingly simple.
- She was embarrassingly late for her own wedding rehearsal.
+ 2 more examples
- The test was embarrassingly easy for students of that level.
- His singing was embarrassingly bad, but everyone clapped politely.
Synonyms shamefully humiliatingly awkwardly mortifyingly
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
embarrassingly + adjective / adverb
Used before an adjective or adverb to say that the quality is so extreme that it is embarrassing.
किसी adjective या adverb से पहले आकर बताता है कि वह गुण इतना अधिक है कि शर्मिंदगी हो।
- The answer was embarrassingly simple.
- He played embarrassingly badly in the final.
sentence adverb (comment on a whole fact)
At the start of a sentence, or after a comma, it comments on the whole statement and shows the speaker's feeling.
वाक्य के आरंभ में या comma के बाद यह पूरे कथन पर टिप्पणी करता है और वक्ता की भावना दिखाता है।
- Embarrassingly, I forgot my own phone number.
- The team, embarrassingly, lost to a school side.
embarrassingly + verb
Placed before a past participle or verb, it shows the action is done in a way that causes shame.
Past participle या verb से पहले आकर यह दिखाता है कि काम इस तरह किया गया कि शर्म आए।
- The wall was embarrassingly painted in two different colours.
- She embarrassingly announced the wrong winner.
position: before, not after, the word it modifies
It sits before the adjective: embarrassingly slow, not slow embarrassingly.
यह adjective से पहले आता है: embarrassingly slow, 'slow embarrassingly' नहीं।
- The service was embarrassingly slow.
- His English was embarrassingly poor for a graduate.
+Collocations 4
embarrassingly + adjective
badeasyobvioussmallslowpoor
- The score was embarrassingly low for such a strong team.
embarrassingly + adverb
badlylateeasilyquicklylittle
- She finished the race embarrassingly late.
sentence start
Embarrassingly,Rather embarrassingly,Most embarrassingly,Somewhat embarrassingly,
- Most embarrassingly, the chairman forgot the chief guest's name.
embarrassingly + noun phrase
few supporterslittle knowledgeweak answerslong delay
- The match began with an embarrassingly small crowd.
“More examples 5
- The question was embarrassingly easy, yet half the class got it wrong.
प्रश्न शर्मनाक रूप से आसान था, फिर भी आधी कक्षा ने उसे गलत किया।
- Embarrassingly, I have lived here ten years and still do not know the way.
शर्म की बात है कि मैं यहाँ दस साल से रह रहा हूँ और फिर भी रास्ता नहीं जानता।
- The government's response to the flood was embarrassingly slow.
बाढ़ पर सरकार की प्रतिक्रिया शर्मनाक रूप से धीमी थी।
- He was embarrassingly proud of his small success.
वह अपनी छोटी-सी सफलता पर इतना गर्वित था कि शर्म आती थी।
- Radhika was embarrassingly early for the meeting and had to wait for an hour.
राधिका बैठक के लिए शर्मनाक रूप से जल्दी पहुँच गई और उसे एक घंटा प्रतीक्षा करनी पड़ी।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ The test was embarrassing easy.
✓ The test was embarrassingly easy.
An adverb is needed to modify the adjective 'easy'.
Adjective 'easy' को modify करने के लिए adverb चाहिए।
◇Word family
≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
shamefully humiliatingly awkwardly mortifyingly
AaSpelling
E-m-b-a-r-r-a-s-s, with double r and double s (not 'embarassingly' or 'embarrasingly').
Spelling e-m-b-a-r-r-a-s-s है, जिसमें double r और double s आते हैं ('embarassingly' या 'embarrasingly' गलत है)।