Embarrass

Word EMBARRASS
Character 9
Hyphenation em bar rass
Pronunciations /ɪmˈbæ.ɹəs/

Definitions and meanings of "Embarrass"

What do we mean by embarrass?

To cause to feel self-conscious or ill at ease; disconcert. transitive verb

To hinder with obstacles or difficulties; impede. transitive verb

To involve in or hamper with financial difficulties. transitive verb

To hamper or impede as with entanglements; encumber; render intricate or difficult; beset with difficulties; confuse or perplex, as conflicting circumstances, pecuniary complications, etc.: as, public affairs are embarrassed; want of order tends to embarrass business; the merchant is embarrassed by the unfavorable state of the market, or by his liabilities.

To perplex mentally; confuse the thoughts or perceptions of; discompose; disconcert; abash: as, an abrupt address may embarrass a young lady.

Synonyms To hinder, impede, obstruct, harass, distress, clog, hamper.

Embarrass, Puzzle, Perplex. To embarrass, literally, is to bar one's way, to impede one's progress in a particular direction, to hamper one's actions; hence, to make it difficult for one to know what is best to be done; also, to confuse or disconcert one so that one has not for a time one's usual judgment or presence of mind. To puzzle, literally, is to pose or give a hard question to, to put into a state of uncertainty where decision is difficult or impossible; it applies equally to opinion and to conduct. To perplex, literally, is to inclose, as in the meshes of a net, to entangle one's judgment so that one is at a loss what to think or how to act. Embarrass expresses most of uncomfortable feeling and mental confusion.

To hinder from freedom of thought, speech, or action by something which impedes or confuses mental action; to make (a person) unpleasantly self-conscious; to perplex; to discompose; to disconcert. transitive verb

To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct transitive verb

To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to incumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands; -- said of a person or his affairs. transitive verb

To humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to disconcert; to abash verb

Cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious verb

Hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of verb

To humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to disconcert; to abash

To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct.

To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to encumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands.

1. An asshole which cannot stop embarrassing the person who has an embarrass. 2. An ugly asshole to which if seen, can make your social life completely collapse. 3. An asshole who keeps on free-farting. 4. An embarrassing excuse for an asshole. Urban Dictionary

An extremely sucky feeling that happens to adolescents much too often where your cheeks get all red and you just want to curl up under a dark bed for all of eternity (and/or die in a hole). Urban Dictionary

When you lose a dildo in your ass and it clogs and your shit starts building up till you explode Urban Dictionary

When you lose a dildo in your ass hole and it clogs and your shit start building up to you explode Urban Dictionary

When you find out the girl you're dating thinks you're ugly and pathetic. She is embarassed to be seen with you. Urban Dictionary

To be disgraced and made a fool of. Urban Dictionary

When someone does stupid things causing them to feel self conscious, or causing other people to feel bad for them which is usually the worst case. Urban Dictionary

Noun: The collective name for a group of social justice warriors. Urban Dictionary

The feeling you get when your dad asks for a knife and fork in mcdonalds Urban Dictionary

The act of doing something that u will regret later because everyone will make fun of u Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Embarrass

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The word "embarrass" in example sentences

And when I use the word embarrass, I use that because it is very politically controversial, very, especially now with this NSA story out there. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Walk naked until Brick has serviced you, or does the idea embarrass you? ❋ Cornwell, Bernard (1999)

O'Keefe was arrested while trying to implement one of his schemes inside the office of Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu, and when his attempt to "embarrass" a CNN reporter with a sexually suggestive scenario was exposed, Breitbart tried to distance himself. ❋ Adam Serwer (2010)

This was supposedly to keep the debate free from attempts to "embarrass" people. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A cable dated May 5, 2009 Reference ID 09MADRID440 describes further meetings between US officials and the prosecutor who promises to "embarrass" the Judge into dropping the case. ❋ Bill Quigley (2010)

Let's not create a situation where people are afraid to express themselves online because someday someone might use their words or image to "embarrass" them or their boss. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Micah Sifry hopes that we're not "creat [ing] a situation where people are afraid to express themselves online because someday someone might use their words or image to 'embarrass' them or their boss." ❋ Unknown (2008)

It's not that Hugh Laurie isn't a good actor, it's that all the squeeing slashfic writing fans out there who don't know anything about what Laurie's done in the past kind of embarrass me. ❋ Unknown (2007)

If you don't want to "embarrass" them with a post on their myspace, then visit their myspace and e-mail them about something they said. ❋ Unknown (2006)

If you Google "embarrass," the first thing that comes up is Embarrass, Minnesota. ❋ Ann Althouse (2006)

The ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) has denied recent reports alleging that it has a unit charged with silencing investigative journalists who "embarrass" the government. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Croatian government wanted to "embarrass" him and the South African government. ❋ Unknown (2001)

During World War I, the US Congress hastily passed the Espionage Act which was notorious for decreasing freedoms without improving the security of the American public, under which Congress granted the Postmaster General who delegated it to 55,000 local postmasters the authority to read any mail and remove any material that might "embarrass" the government in conducting the war effort. ❋ Unknown (2001)

I feel bad for Jim. People keep laughing at his embarrass. Guy 1: Hey, have you heard of [Kate]? Guy 2: Ever since Larry saw her embarrass, she just [disappeared]. Dude, are you even [ashamed] of your embarrass!? Dude. You're not a good asshole. You're not even a good embarrass! ❋ OmnomBot (2015)

Girl: What's wrong, why are you crying? Other Girl: I just suffered from a high level of embarrassment when my parents showed my boyfriend [baby pictures] of me! I wish I could [curl up] [in a hole] and die! ❋ Netflixxlove (2015)

[im] embarrassing becus of you ❋ Sebyneby / Albino Rhino (2019)

it was embarrassing [and the] [sematary] was [messy] ❋ Sebyneby / Albino Rhino (2019)

[When i] found out she was [embarrassed] of me it was really [embarrassing]. ❋ Sonny V.e (2008)

The [Celtics] just made an embarrassment of the [Lakers] in the 2008 [NBA Finals] hahahaha suckaaahs!!! ❋ Brittany Carter (2008)

"[Desiree] is so embarrassing. She just took a [billion] mirror pictures when she was by herself in a [washroom] and put them on facebook. What a fool." ❋ Yoyo Man (2007)

[Look], another Embarrassment is [protesting] for [socialism]. ❋ Ulfsark (2018)

omg my dad asked for [knife and fork] in [mcdonalds] [im dying] from embarrassment ❋ Didcot Boy (2017)

did u [hear] about [alex] embarrassing himself? ❋ So Embarrassing (2009)

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