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Embarrass

Embarrass Meaning & Definition
Embarrass Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Embarrass?

[v] cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
[v] hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His brother blocked him at every turn"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Embarrass: abash | block | blockade | hinder | obstruct | stymie | stymy

Related Terms | Find terms related to Embarrass: abash | absorb | addle | addle the wits | agitate | awkward | ball up | becloud | bedazzle | befuddle | bewilder | bother | bug | burden | cast down | catch up in | chagrin | cloud | concern | confound | confuse | cramp | cripple | cumber | daze | dazzle | deflate | discombobulate | discomfit | discommodious | discompose | disconcert | discountenance | disgrace | dismay | disorganize | disorient | distress | disturb | draw in | embarrassing | encumber | engage | enmesh | ensnarl | entangle | entoil | entrammel | entrap | entwine | faze | fetter | flummox | flurry | fluster | flutter | fog | fuddle | fuss | hamper | hamstring | handicap | hobble | humble | humiliate | impede | implicate | incommodious | interest | involve | lame | let down | lime | lumber | maze | mist | mix up | moider | mortify | muddle | net | nonplus | perplex | perturb | pother | press down | put out | put to shame | queer | raise hell | rattle | ruffle | saddle with | shackle | shame | show up | snarl | suck into | tangle | throw into confusion | toil | trammel | unsettle | upset | vex | weigh down

See Also | bottleneck | check | confuse | discomfit | discompose | disconcert | filibuster | flurry | forbid | foreclose | forestall | hang | preclude | prevent | put off | stonewall | untune | upset

Embarrass In Webster's Dictionary

\Em*bar"rass\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embarrassed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embarrassing}.] [F. embarrasser (cf. Sp. embarazar, Pg. embara?ar, Pr. barras bar); pref. em- (L. in) + LL. barra bar. See {Bar}.] 1. To hinder from freedom of thought, speech, or action by something which impedes or confuses mental action; to perplex; to discompose; to disconcert; as, laughter may embarrass an orator. 2. To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct; as, business is embarrassed; public affairs are embarrassed. 3. (Com.) To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to incumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands; -- said of a person or his affairs; as, a man or his business is embarrassed when he can not meet his pecuniary engagements. Syn: To hinder; perplex; entangle; confuse; puzzle; disconcert; abash; distress. -- To {Embarrass}, {Puzzle}, {Perplex}. We are puzzled when our faculties are confused by something we do not understand. We are perplexed when our feelings, as well as judgment, are so affected that we know not how to decide or act. We are embarrassed when there is some bar or hindrance upon us which impedes our powers of thought, speech, or motion. A schoolboy is puzzled by a difficult sum; a reasoner is perplexed by the subtleties of his opponent; a youth is sometimes so embarrassed before strangers as to lose his presence of mind.
\Em*bar"rass\, n. [F. embarras. See {Embarrass}, v. t.] Embarrassment. [Obs.] --Bp. Warburton.

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