embarrassable
Capable of being embarrassed.
Adjective
- 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:
Origin
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 *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English embarrassable From embarrass + -able.