different between embarrassing vs inconvenient

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, NYC) IPA^(key): /?m?bæ??s??/
• (General American, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /?m?b???s??/
• Hyphenation: em?bar?rass?ing

Verb

embarrassing

1. present participle of embarrass

Noun

embarrassing (usually uncountable, plural embarrassings)

1. The action of the verb to embarrass; embarrassment.
   • May 11, 1715, Robert Wodrow, letter to Mrs Wodrow

     It seemed, at first, to be agreed, that the King should be addressed by the Assembly; but the time of presenting, because of the present embarrassings of affairs, to be left to the Commission.

Adjective

embarrassing (comparative more embarrassing, superlative most embarrassing)

1. Causing embarrassment; leading to a feeling of uncomfortable shame or self-consciousness.

Synonyms

• awkward
• shameful

Derived terms

• embarrassingly

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French inconvenient, from Latin inconvenientem.

Adjective

inconvenient (comparative more inconvenient, superlative most inconvenient)

1. not convenient

   Antonym: convenient

Translations

Noun

inconvenient (plural inconvenients)

1. (obsolete) An inconsistency, an incongruity.
2. (obsolete) An inconvenient circumstance or situation; an inconvenience.

Related terms

• inconvenience (noun)
• inconveniently (adverb)

Anagrams

• nonincentive

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inconveni?ns, inconvenientem.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /i?.kom.v?.ni?ent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /i?.kum.b?.ni?en/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /i?.kom.ve.ni?ent/

Adjective

inconvenient (masculine and feminine plural inconvenients)

1. inconvenient

   Antonym: convenient

Derived terms

• inconvenientment

Noun

inconvenient m (plural inconvenients)

1. downside, disadvantage

Related terms

• inconveniència

Further reading

• “inconvenient” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “inconvenient” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “inconvenient” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “inconvenient” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inconveniens, inconvenientem.

Noun

inconvenient m (plural inconveniens)

1. disadvantage; downside; negative aspect

See also

• desadvantage

Descendants

• English: inconvenient
• French: inconvénient

Romanian

Etymology

From French inconvénient, from Latin inconveniens.

Noun

inconvenient n (plural inconveniente)

1. inconvenience

Declension