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Definition of Embarrass
1. Verb. Cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious. "The performance is likely to Embarrass Sue"
Generic synonyms: Discomfit, Discompose, Disconcert, Untune, Upset
Specialized synonyms: Confuse, Disconcert, Flurry, Put Off
Derivative terms: Abashment, Embarrassment
2. Verb. Hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of. ; "His brother blocked him at every turn"
Specialized synonyms: Stonewall, Filibuster, Check, Hang, Bottleneck
Generic synonyms: Forbid, Foreclose, Forestall, Preclude, Prevent
Derivative terms: Blockage, Blockage, Hindrance, Obstructer, Obstruction, Obstructor, Stymie
Definition of Embarrass
1. v. t. 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. n. Embarrassment.
Definition of Embarrass
1. Verb. (transitive) to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to disconcert; to abash ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Embarrass
1. [v -ED, -ING, -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Embarrass
| embargos embark embark on embarkation embarkations embarked embarkee embarkees embarkest embarketh | embarking embarkment embarkments embarks embarrasing embarred |
Literary usage of Embarrass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Samuel F.B. Morse: His Letters and Journals by Samuel Finley Breese Morse, Edward Lind Morse (1914)
"Dr. Jackson again. — Unfairness of the press. — Letter from Charles C. Ingham on
art matters. — Letter from George Vail. — FOJ Smith continues to embarrass. ..."
2. Samuel F.B. Morse: His Letters and Journals by Samuel Finley Breese Morse, Edward Lind Morse (1914)
"FOJ Smith continues to embarrass. — Letter from Morse to Smith. THE year 1848
was a momentous one to Morse in more ways than one. The first of the historic ..."
3. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"To embarrass. 1608, 1686, 1713: NED 1840 We do not learn as they were in the least
... embarrass ..."
4. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"... by the Souza faction—Lord Wellington thinks of abandoning the contest—Writes
to the Prince Regent of Portugal—The regency continues to embarrass the ..."
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