Disembarrass

Word DISEMBARRASS
Character 12
Hyphenation dis em bar rass
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Disembarrass"

What do we mean by disembarrass?

To free from something bothersome or encumbering; relieve. transitive verb

To free from embarrassment, or from anything that causes embarrassment; clear; extricate: as, her affability completely disembarrassed him; to disembarrass one of a load of care, or of a load of parcels.

Synonyms Disentangle, Release, etc.See disengage.

To free from embarrassment, or perplexity; to clear; to extricate. transitive verb

To get (someone) out of an embarrassing situation; to free from embarrassment verb

Relieve from verb

To get (someone) out of a difficult or embarrassing situation; to free (someone) from the embarrassment (of a situation); to relieve (someone of a burden, item of clothing, etc.) (often used reflexively).

To free (something) from complication.

To disentangle (two things); to distinguish.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Disembarrass

The word "disembarrass" in example sentences

In the meantime Dame Elspeth assisted to disembarrass the damsel whom she destined for her future daughter-inlaw, of her hood, mantle, and the rest of her riding gear, giving her to appear as beseemed the buxom daughter of the wealthy Miller, gay and goodly, in a white kirtle, the seams of which were embroidered with green silken lace or fringe, entwined with some silver thread. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Given the strong, if mainly rhetorical, support of the Soviet bloc for the Algerian Front de Libération Nationale (whose forerunner was founded on the day that Dien Bien Phu fell, and which had in its ranks hardened soldiers who had once fought under French colors in Indochina), all that was lacking was a French statesman who could see the need to disembarrass his country of those who ostensibly were the most devoted to it. ❋ Unknown (2006)

He remarked that property was property, by which he meant to intimate that the real owner of substantial wealth could not be allowed to disembarrass himself of his responsibilities or strip himself of his privileges by a few generous but idle words. ❋ Unknown (2004)

At the present moment, it was the great desire of his heart to sell the smaller of his two properties and disembarrass the other. ❋ Unknown (2004)

The arrangement made as to the Pickering estate would pay all his debts, would disembarrass his own property, and would still leave him a comfortable sum in hand. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Her fortune is more than sufficient to disembarrass my affairs; her good sense will be a seasonable check upon my vivacity; her agreeable accomplishments will engage a continuation of affection and regard. ❋ Unknown (2004)

That the Mortifications which they and their Tools might give me there might disembarrass them of me sooner than any where. ❋ Unknown (1993)

The effort to disembarrass himself of the onus of nuclear recklessness will take up a great deal of Goldwater's time, and we may here see more of his ingenious improvisations. ❋ Hofstadter, Richard (1964)

He was tired of her and seeking for a means to disembarrass himself of her. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

I said I trusted he would so facilitate affairs that I might at an early hour disembarrass myself of my involuntary prisoners. ❋ Various (N/A)

I knew full well that this was but a ruse on the part of the young man to disembarrass himself of Elizabeth, and, if he had involved the entire Amalgamated ❋ Unknown (N/A)

The proneness of bodies so constituted to disembarrass themselves of the ordinary rules of evidence, to act upon _ex parte_ statements and testimony imperfectly authenticated, as well as the absence of all legal forms from their proceedings, and their numbers, among whom the responsibility of giving due attention to the case is divided, add to the peril. ❋ George Sharswood (N/A)

He cleared his throat as though to disembarrass it of a garrote. ❋ Ward Moore (1940)

I WRITE THIS book to disembarrass my soul of certain notions that have hovered about in it too long for my comfort. ❋ Maugham, W Somerset (1938)

Their aim is to disembarrass their souls of the burdens that oppress them and they use the means, their pen, their paints or their clay, for which they have by nature a facility. ❋ Maugham, W Somerset (1938)

On the other hand it was permissible for a soldier to disembarrass himself of his weapons. ❋ Unknown (1923)

Dick fussily brought forward a chair for Lucy to sit in, and offered to disembarrass her of the jacket she was wearing. ❋ Unknown (1919)

Desiring to disembarrass the question of every difficulty, the field officers issued a card to the regiment, pledging themselves to resign if one-half of each of eighty names as six companies would again sign the roll for ❋ Unknown (1910)

It is difficult for a frequent play-goer to disembarrass the idea of Hamlet from the person and voice of Mr. K. ❋ Unknown (1909)

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