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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024em•bar•rass /ɛmˈbærəs/USA pronunciation v. - to (cause to) become ashamed, uncomfortable, or ill at ease: [no object]She embarrasses so easily.[~ + object]The child's crying embarrassed her parents.
em•bar•rass•ing, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024em•bar•rass (em bar′əs),USA pronunciation v.t. - to cause confusion and shame to; make uncomfortably self-conscious;
disconcert;
abash:His bad table manners embarrassed her. - 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. - to beset with financial difficulties;
burden with debt:The decline in sales embarrassed the company.
v.i. - to become disconcerted, abashed, or confused.
- Portuguese embaraçar, equivalent. to em- em-1 + -baraçar, verb, verbal derivative of baraço, baraça cord, strap, noose (of obscure origin, originally)
- Spanish embarazar
- French embarrasser
- 1665–75
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged discompose, discomfit, chagrin. See confuse.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged hamper, hinder.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: embarrass /ɪmˈbærəs/ vb (mainly tr)- (also intr) to feel or cause to feel confusion or self-consciousness; disconcert; fluster
- (usually passive) to involve in financial difficulties
- archaic to make difficult; complicate
- archaic to impede; obstruct; hamper
Etymology: 17th Century: (in the sense: to impede): via French and Spanish from Italian imbarrazzare, from imbarrare to confine within bars; see en-1, bar1emˈbarrassed adj |