embarrass 音标拼音: [ɪmb'ɛrəs]
vt . 使困窘,使局促不安,阻碍
使困窘,使局促不安,阻碍
embarrass v 1 :
cause to be embarrassed ;
cause to feel self -
conscious [
synonym :
{
embarrass }, {
abash }]
2 :
hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of ; "
His brother blocked him at every turn " [
synonym : {
obstruct },
{
blockade }, {
block }, {
hinder }, {
stymie }, {
stymy },
{
embarrass }]
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 ]
Embarrass \
Em *
bar "
rass \,
n . [
F .
embarras .
See {
Embarrass },
v .
t .]
Embarrassment . [
Obs .] --
Bp .
Warburton .
[
1913 Webster ]
106 Moby Thesaurus words for "
embarrass ":
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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