How To Pronounce Embarrassed

In British English, embarrassed is pronounced /ɪmˈbær.əst/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ɪ̃mˈbær.əst̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ɪmˈber.əst/.

Embarrassed has three syllables, and the main stress falls on the second syllable. The British and American pronunciations are different, so listen to both.

Slashes / / show the phonemic transcription, the sounds that change meaning. Square brackets [ ] show the phonetic transcription, with the finer detail of how the sounds are actually made.