Embarrass
11embarrass — embarrass, embarrassment are spelt with two rs and two s s …
12embarrass — [v] cause mental discomfort abash, agitate, annoy, bewilder, bother, bug, catch one short*, chagrin, confuse, discombobulate*, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, distract, distress, disturb, dumbfound, faze, fluster, give a bad… …
13embarrass — ► VERB 1) cause to feel awkward, self conscious, or ashamed. 2) (be embarrassed) be caused financial difficulties. DERIVATIVES embarrassed adjective embarrassing adjective embarrassment noun. ORIGIN French embarrasser, pr …
14embarrass */ — UK [ɪmˈbærəs] / US [ɪmˈberəs] verb [transitive] Word forms embarrass : present tense I/you/we/they embarrass he/she/it embarrasses present participle embarrassing past tense embarrassed past participle embarrassed 1) to make someone feel nervous …
15embarrass — verb Etymology: French embarrasser, from Spanish embarazar, from Portuguese embaraçar, from em (from Latin in ) + baraça noose Date: 1672 transitive verb 1. a. to place in doubt, perplexity, or difficulties b. to involve in financial difficulties …
16embarrass — embarrassedly /em bar euhst lee, euh sid lee/, adv. embarrassingly, adv. /em bar euhs/, v.t. 1. to cause confusion and shame to; make uncomfortably self conscious; disconcert; abash: His bad table manners embarrassed her. 2. to make difficult or… …
17embarrass — em|bar|rass [ımˈbærəs] v [T] [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: embarrasser, from Spanish embarazar, perhaps from Vulgar Latin barra bar ] 1.) to make someone feel ashamed, nervous, or uncomfortable, especially in front of other people ▪ He didn …
18embarrass — em|bar|rass [ ım berəs ] verb transitive * 1. ) to make someone feel nervous, ashamed, or stupid in a social situation: It embarrassed me to have to give my opinion in public. 2. ) to cause problems for someone, especially an organization or… …
19embarrass — [17] As in the case of embargo, the etymological meaning of embarrass is ‘put behind bars’. It comes ultimately from Italian imbarrare ‘surround with bars’, hence ‘impede’, a compound verb formed from the prefix in ‘in’ and Vulgar Latin *barra… …
20embarrass — [[t]ɪmbæ̱rəs[/t]] embarrasses, embarrassing, embarrassed 1) VERB If something or someone embarrasses you, they make you feel shy or ashamed. [V n] His clumsiness embarrassed him... [it V n that] It embarrassed him that he had no idea of what was… …
