Definition of embarrass

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Embarrass (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..

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Embarrassment :: Embarrassment (n.) Difficulty or perplexity arising from the want of money to pay debts.
Nonplus :: Nonplus (v. t.) To puzzle; to confound; to perplex; to cause to stop by embarrassment.
Disembarrassing :: Disembarrassing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disembarras.
Hum :: Hum (interj.) An inarticulate nasal sound or murmur, like h'm, uttered by a speaker in pause from embarrassment, affectation, etc..
Gravel :: Gravel (v. t.) To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex.
Clog :: Clog (v. t.) To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.
Cumber :: Cumber (v.) Trouble; embarrassment; distress.
Puzzle :: Puzzle (v.) Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill in making..
Scrape :: Scrape (n.) A disagreeable and embarrassing predicament out of which one can not get without undergoing, as it were, a painful rubbing or scraping; a perplexity; a difficulty..
Pose :: Pose (v. t.) To question with a view to puzzling; to embarrass by questioning or scrutiny; to bring to a stand.
Shackle :: Shackle (v. t.) Figuratively: To bind or confine so as to prevent or embarrass action; to impede; to cumber.
Hinder :: Hinder (a.) To prevent or embarrass; to debar; to shut out.
Embarrassment :: Embarrassment (n.) A state of being embarrassed; perplexity; impediment to freedom of action; entanglement; hindrance; confusion or discomposure of mind, as from not knowing what to do or to say; disconcertedness..
Unembarrassed :: Unembarrassed (a.) Free from perplexing connection; as, the question comes into court unembarrassed with irrelevant matter..
Light :: Light (superl.) Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift..
Snarl :: Snarl (v. t.) To embarrass; to insnare.
Involve :: Involve (v. t.) To envelop, infold, entangle, or embarrass; as, to involve a person in debt or misery..
Disembarrass :: Disembarrass (v. t.) To free from embarrassment, or perplexity; to clear; to extricate..
Embarrassing :: Embarrassing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Embarras.
Embarrass :: Embarrass (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..
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