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==Origin==
French embarrasser, from Spanish embarazar, from Portuguese embaraçar, from em- (from [[Latin]] in-) + baraça noose
==Definitions==
*1a : to place in [[doubt]], perplexity, or difficulties
:b : to involve in [[financial]] [[difficulties]]
:c : to [[cause]] to [[experience]] a [[state]] of [[self-conscious]] distress <bawdy stories embarrassed him>
*2a : to hamper the movement of
:b : hinder, impede
*3: to make intricate : complicate
*4: to impair the [[activity]] of (a bodily [[function]]) or the function of (a bodily part) <digestion embarrassed by overeating>
:intransitive verb
*1: to become anxiously [[self-conscious]] <he embarrasses easily>
==Synonyms==
discomfit, abash, disconcert, rattle mean to distress by [[confusing]] or confounding. embarrass implies some [[influence]] that impedes [[thought]], [[speech]], or [[action]] <embarrassed to admit that she liked the [[movie]]>. discomfit implies a hampering or frustrating accompanied by [[confusion]] <hecklers discomfited the speaker>. abash presupposes some initial [[self]]-[[confidence]] that receives a sudden check, producing shyness, [[shame]], or a feeling of inferiority <abashed by her swift and cutting retort>. disconcert implies an upsetting of [[equanimity]] or [[assurance]] producing uncertainty or hesitancy <disconcerted by finding so many in attendance>. rattle implies an agitation that impairs [[thought]] and [[judgment]] <rattled by all the television cameras>.
[[Category: General Reference]]
==Origin==
French embarrasser, from Spanish embarazar, from Portuguese embaraçar, from em- (from [[Latin]] in-) + baraça noose
==Definitions==
*1a : to place in [[doubt]], perplexity, or difficulties
:b : to involve in [[financial]] [[difficulties]]
:c : to [[cause]] to [[experience]] a [[state]] of [[self-conscious]] distress <bawdy stories embarrassed him>
*2a : to hamper the movement of
:b : hinder, impede
*3: to make intricate : complicate
*4: to impair the [[activity]] of (a bodily [[function]]) or the function of (a bodily part) <digestion embarrassed by overeating>
:intransitive verb
*1: to become anxiously [[self-conscious]] <he embarrasses easily>
==Synonyms==
discomfit, abash, disconcert, rattle mean to distress by [[confusing]] or confounding. embarrass implies some [[influence]] that impedes [[thought]], [[speech]], or [[action]] <embarrassed to admit that she liked the [[movie]]>. discomfit implies a hampering or frustrating accompanied by [[confusion]] <hecklers discomfited the speaker>. abash presupposes some initial [[self]]-[[confidence]] that receives a sudden check, producing shyness, [[shame]], or a feeling of inferiority <abashed by her swift and cutting retort>. disconcert implies an upsetting of [[equanimity]] or [[assurance]] producing uncertainty or hesitancy <disconcerted by finding so many in attendance>. rattle implies an agitation that impairs [[thought]] and [[judgment]] <rattled by all the television cameras>.
[[Category: General Reference]]