cause embarrassment
Frequency: 8.220.1 per million words
To make someone feel embarrassed.
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- Forgetting someone's name can cause great embarrassment.
- His unexpected outburst at the meeting caused embarrassment to everyone present.
- The scandalous photos are likely to cause the politician considerable embarrassment.
- Asking such a personal question in public is sure to cause embarrassment.
- I didn't mean to cause you any embarrassment with my joke.
- The technical failure during the live broadcast caused huge embarrassment for the network.
- Please be discreet with this information to avoid causing unnecessary embarrassment to the family.
- My dad's old-fashioned dancing always causes me embarrassment at weddings.
- Did my accidental slip of the tongue cause you embarrassment?
- The goal of the prank was to cause maximum embarrassment without causing real harm.