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embarrass
[em-bar-uhs]
verb (used with object)
to cause confusion and shame to; make uncomfortably self-conscious; disconcert; abash.
His bad table manners embarrassed her.
Synonyms: , ,to make difficult or intricate, as a question or problem; complicate.
to put obstacles or difficulties in the way of; impede.
The motion was advanced in order to embarrass the progress of the bill.
Synonyms: ,to beset with financial difficulties; burden with debt.
The decline in sales embarrassed the company.
verb (used without object)
to become disconcerted, abashed, or confused.
embarrass
/ ɪˈæə /
verb
(also intr) to feel or cause to feel confusion or self-consciousness; disconcert; fluster
(usually passive) to involve in financial difficulties
archaicto make difficult; complicate
archaicto impede; obstruct; hamper
Other Word Forms
- embarrassedly adverb
- embarrassingly adverb
- preembarrass verb (used with object)
- unembarrassed adjective
- ˈ adverb
- ˈ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of embarrass1
Word History and Origins
Origin of embarrass1
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Example Sentences
The couple say their financial loss was "huge", but they are too embarrassed to admit how much it was.
Jungkook thanked fans for travelling to see him, adding that he was "a bit embarrassed" after not being in front of cameras for a while.
"All I could see on the surface was all these people fawning over him. It was extremely humiliating and embarrassing."
Thomas Tuchel's demand for England to play with a smile backfired badly as the head coach and his players felt the full fury of their own supporters after an embarrassing defeat to Senegal.
In perhaps the most embarrassing climb-down by Trump, on Jan. 29 his budget office rescinded a memo freezing billions of dollars in expenditures by federal agencies — just a day after it had issued the memo.
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