Embarrass

Verb

 * 1)  to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to disconcert; to abash
 * The crowd's laughter and jeers embarrassed him.

Synonyms

 * abash, discomfit, disconcert, humiliate, shame
 * See also Thesaurus:abash

Derived terms

 * embarrassment

Adverbs for Embarrass
disconcertingly; satirically; startlingly; perceptibly; sadly; slyly; perplexingly; visibly; painfully; pecuniarily; secretly; acutely; considerably; strangely.

Thesaurus
abash, absorb, addle, addle the wits, agitate, awkward, ball up, becloud, bedazzle, befuddle, bewilder, bother, bug, burden, cast down, catch up in, chagrin, cloud, concern, confound, confuse, cramp, cripple, cumber, daze, dazzle, deflate, discombobulate, discomfit, discommodious, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, disgrace, dismay, disorganize, disorient, distress, disturb, draw in, embarrassing, encumber, engage, enmesh, ensnarl, entangle, entoil, entrammel, entrap, entwine, faze, fetter, flummox, flurry, fluster, flutter, fog, fuddle, fuss, hamper, hamstring, handicap, hobble, humble, humiliate, impede, implicate, incommodious, interest, involve, lame, let down, lime, lumber, maze, mist, mix up, moider, mortify, muddle, net, nonplus, perplex, perturb, pother, press down, put out, put to shame, queer, raise hell, rattle, ruffle, saddle with, shackle, shame, show up, snarl, suck into, tangle, throw into confusion, toil, trammel, unsettle, upset, vex, weigh down

Etymology
From embarrasser: <  embarazar:, either
 * < embaraçar: < em-: (from  im-:) + baraça:, related to  barr:, or
 * < imbarazzare: < imbarazzo: < imbarrare: < im-: + barra: <  barra:, of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

 * , {{SAMPA|/Im"b{r@s/}}

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Chinese: 使困窘 (shǐ kùnjiǒng)
 * Dutch: verlegen maken
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: verlegen machen
 * Hungarian:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 困らせる (こまらせる, komaraseru)
 * Korean: 난처하다 (nancheohada), 창피 주다 (changpi juda)
 * Portuguese: embaraçar
 * Russian: смущать
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: