embarrass -
v.tr. 1 cause (a person) to feel awkward or self-conscious or ashamed.
2 (as
embarrassed adj.) encumbered with debts.
3 encumber, impede.
4 complicate (a question etc.).
5
perplex.
embarrassedly adv. embarrassingly adv. embarrassment n. [F embarrasser (orig. = hamper) f. Sp. embarazar f. It. imbarrare bar in (as IN-(2), BAR(1))]
