Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

embarrassable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: em-bar-rass-able
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Capable of being embarrassed.

Example Sentences

"But true scientists should not be embarrassable."
"Highly embarrassable people think that they blush more frequently and more conspicuously than others..."

Etymology

Etymology tree Akkadian 𒆟 (rakāsum) Akkadian 𒄙 (markasu)bor. Classical Syriac ܡܰܪܫܳܐ (maršā)bor. Arabic مَرَسَة (marasa)der. Old Galician-Portuguese baraço Old Galician-Portuguese embaraçarbor. Old Spanish embaraçar Spanish embarazarbor. French embarrasserbor. English embarrass Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English embarrassable From embarrass + -able.

Inflected Forms

more embarrassable (comparative) most embarrassable (superlative)

Derived Forms

embarrassability

Antonyms

unembarrassable

Questions

What does embarrassable mean?: Capable of being embarrassed.
Where does embarrassable come from?: Etymology tree Akkadian 𒆟 (rakāsum) Akkadian 𒄙 (markasu)bor. Classical Syriac ܡܰܪܫܳܐ (maršā)bor. Arabic مَرَسَة (marasa)der. Old Galician-Portuguese baraço Old Galician-Portuguese embaraçarbor. Old Spanish embaraçar Spanish embarazarbor. French embarrasserbor. English embarrass Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English embarrassable From embarrass + -able.

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