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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
embarrass
v 1: cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious [syn:
embarrass, abash]
2: hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His
brother blocked him at every turn" [syn: obstruct,
blockade, block, hinder, stymie, stymy,
embarrass]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Embarrass \Em*bar"rass\ ([e^]m*b[a^]r"ras), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Embarrassed ([e^]m*b[a^]r"rast); p. pr. & vb. n.
Embarrassing.] [F. embarrasser (cf. Sp. embarazar, Pg.
embara[,c]ar, Pr. barras bar); pref. em- (L. in) + LL. barra
bar. See Bar.]
1. 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; as, laughter may embarrass an
orator. [WordNet sense 1]
Syn: abash, discompose, disconcert, discomfit, chagrin. [1913
Webster +PJC]
2. To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to
obstruct; as, business is embarrassed; public affairs are
embarrassed. [WordNet sense 2]
Syn: obstruct, blockade, block, hinder, stymie. [1913
Webster]
3. (Com.) 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; as,
a man or his business is embarrassed when he can not meet
his pecuniary engagements.
Syn: To hinder; perplex; entangle; confuse; puzzle;
disconcert; abash; distress. -- To Embarrass,
Puzzle, Perplex. We are puzzled when our faculties
are confused by something we do not understand. We are
perplexed when our feelings, as well as judgment, are so
affected that we know not how to decide or act. We are
embarrassed when there is some bar or hindrance upon us
which impedes our powers of thought, speech, or motion.
A schoolboy is puzzled by a difficult sum; a reasoner is
perplexed by the subtleties of his opponent; a youth is
sometimes so embarrassed before strangers as to lose his
presence of mind.
[1913 Webster]
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Embarrass \Em*bar"rass\, n. [F. embarras. See Embarrass, v.
t.]
Embarrassment. [Obs.] --Bp. Warburton.
[1913 Webster]
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4. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) |
Embarrass, WI -- U.S. village in Wisconsin
Population (2000): 399
Housing Units (2000): 164
Land area (2000): 1.203737 sq. miles (3.117664 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.003955 sq. miles (0.010243 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.207692 sq. miles (3.127907 sq. km)
FIPS code: 23850
Located within: Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55
Location: 44.670716 N, 88.703361 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Embarrass, WI
Embarrass
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Thesaurus Results for embarrass:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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 |
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