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embarrassed, ppl. a.|ɛmˈbærəst|
[f. prec.]
1. Of a road, a channel, etc.: Made difficult by obstructions; full of obstructions. Now only fig.
1727A. Hamilton New Acc. E. Ind. I. xxiv. 295 Its [a river's] Passage inward is..embarassed with Rocks. 1796–7Instr. & Reg. Cavalry (1813) 183 If the ground is at all embarrassed, the line cannot incline. 1860Tyndall Glac. i. §26. 193 A less embarrassed field of operations.
2. Of persons, their movements or actions: Hampered by difficulties, impeded.
b. Involved in money difficulties.
1888Spectator 30 June 877/2 Sums of that kind are not spent by an embarrassed State without the gravest reason, etc.
3. a. Perplexed (in thought). b. Confused, constrained (in manner or behaviour).
1683D. A. Art Converse 107 Their utterance is embarass'd and uneasie. 1761Churchill Rosciad (R.) Awkward, embarrass'd, stiff, without the skill Of moving gracefully. 1768Sterne Sent. Journ. (1778) II. 198 As much embarrassed as..the lady could be herself. 1828Scott F.M. Perth xxiii, ‘Tush, father Glover,’ answered the embarrassed victor. 1875Hamerton Intell. Life vii. ix. 270, I was the embarrassed and unwilling witness.
4. Of expressions, narratives, etc.: Involved, confused.
1760Jortin Erasm. II. 623 That the periods are rather too long, and embarassed. 1824L. Murray Eng. Gram. 517 Embarrassed, obscure, and feeble sentences. 1868J. H. Blunt Ref. Ch. Eng. I. 391 Subjects have been set aside..to prevent the narrative from becoming embarrassed. |