EMBARRASS
Dictionary entry overview: What does embarrass mean?
• EMBARRASS (verb)
The verb EMBARRASS has 2 senses:
1. cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
2. hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
Familiarity information: EMBARRASS used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• EMBARRASS (verb)
Meaning:
Cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
abash; embarrass
Hypernyms (to "embarrass" is one way to...):
discomfit; discompose; disconcert; untune; upset (cause to lose one's composure)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "embarrass"):
confuse; disconcert; flurry; put off (cause to feel embarrassment)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence examples:
Sam cannot embarrass Sue
The performance is likely to embarrass Sue
Meaning:
Hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
blockade; obstruct; stymie; stymy; block; embarrass; hinder
Context example:
His brother blocked him at every turn
Hypernyms (to "embarrass" is one way to...):
forbid; foreclose; forestall; preclude; prevent (keep from happening or arising; make impossible)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "embarrass"):
stonewall (obstruct or hinder any discussion)
filibuster (obstruct deliberately by delaying; of legislation)
check (block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey)
hang (prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury)
bottleneck (slow down or impede by creating an obstruction)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
