embarrass
verbEtymology
Etymology tree Akkadian 𒆟 (rakāsum) Akkadian 𒄙 (markasu)bor. Classical Syriac ܡܰܪܫܳܐ (maršā)bor. Arabic مَرَسَة (marasa)der. Old Galician-Portuguese baraço Old Galician-Portuguese embaraçarbor. Old Spanish embaraçar Spanish embarazarbor. French embarrasserbor. English embarrass Borrowed from French embarrasser, from Middle French embarrasser, embarasser (“to embarrass; to block, obstruct”), from Spanish embarazar, either from Italian imbarazzare or from Portuguese embaraçar.
- derived from embaraçar
- derived from imbarazzare
- derived from embarazar
- derived from embarrasser
- borrowed from embarrasser
Definitions
to humiliate
to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to abash.
- The crowd's laughter and jeers embarrassed him.
To hinder from liberty of movement
To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct.
- The motion was advanced in order to embarrass the progress of the bill.
- 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..
- This will... be the principal part of education; and this alone will effectively dispel that theological philosophy, which, in its decline, is still powerful enough to embarrass the course both of intellectual and social progress.
To involve in difficulties concerning money matters
To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to encumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands.
- A man or his business is embarrassed when he cannot meet his pecuniary engagements.
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To perplex mentally
To perplex mentally; confuse, disconcert; catch off guard.
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Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at embarrass. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at embarrass. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at embarrass
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA