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Etymology edit

From embarrass +‎ -able.

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embarrassable (comparative more embarrassable, superlative most embarrassable)

  1. Capable of being embarrassed.
    • 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 144:
      But true scientists should not be embarrassable.
    • 2009, Mark R. Leary, Rick H. Hoyle, Handbook of individual differences in social behavior, page 186:
      Highly embarrassable people think that they blush more frequently and more conspicuously than others...

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