To my ears, the normal preposition after "embarrassed" is by, but I have increasingly hearing embarrassed of.
A few other language writers have noticed the same thing:
English language and usage
Grammarphobia
I was interested to see what Google N-gram shows. I have multiplied the frequency of embarrassed of by 100 to make the line more visible. It is still very infrequent compared to embarrassed by, but its frequency is indeed increasing:
A few other language writers have noticed the same thing:
English language and usage
Grammarphobia
I was interested to see what Google N-gram shows. I have multiplied the frequency of embarrassed of by 100 to make the line more visible. It is still very infrequent compared to embarrassed by, but its frequency is indeed increasing:
