embarrass

“Quite embarrassing, I agree. Now, where are the tulips?”

Cassiopeia was both pleased and embarrassed at being singled out by Lady Constance, and this confusion made her even more agitated than her brothers.

And then there is “faux pas,” which is an embarrassing blunder or lapse of good manners.

“I’ve listened to an embarrassing amount of pop music from the 1990s, but I don’t ever recall encountering this,” Ridge said.

“You don’t have to embarrass our guest by asking a question like that,” he said.