Definition of Embarrass

1. Verb. Cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious. "The performance is likely to embarrass Sue"

Exact synonyms: Abash
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"

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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