Embarrass

Quick meaning: Embarrass is a verb meaning (transitive) to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to abash.

Meaning

(transitive) to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to abash.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct.
2. (transitive) To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to encumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands.
3. (transitive, formal) To perplex mentally; confuse, disconcert; catch off guard.

Example Sentences

The crowd's laughter and jeers embarrassed him.

The motion was advanced in order to embarrass the progress of the bill.

A man or his business is embarrassed when he cannot meet his pecuniary engagements.

If they [registers] act It all, it must be by opposing their flat surfaces to the current of rising smoke in a manner which cannot fail to embarrass and impede its motion.

Word Forms

• embarrasses
• embarrassing
• embarrassed

Synonyms for embarrass

Depending on context, synonyms include abash, discomfit, disconcert, humiliate, shame, obstruct.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include abash, hinder, obstruct, blockade, block, stymy.

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