Antonyms for embarrass
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : em-bar-uhs |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɛmˈbær əs |
Definition of embarrass
Origin :- 1670s, "perplex, throw into doubt," from French embarrasser (16c.), literally "to block," from embarras "obstacle," from Italian imbarrazzo, from imbarrare "to bar," from in- "into, upon" (see in- (2)) + Vulgar Latin *barra "bar."
- Meaning "hamper, hinder" is from 1680s. Meaning "make (someone) feel awkward" first recorded 1828. Original sense preserved in embarras de richesse (1751), from French (1726): the condition of having more wealth than one knows what to do with. Related: Embarrassed; embarrassing; embarrassingly.
- verb cause mental discomfort
- However, he was not embarrassed; it took a great deal to embarrass him.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- I would give it to you in the original, but it might embarrass you; it certainly would me.
- Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
- I asked him for it; but the question appeared to embarrass him.
- Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper
- In the meantime, Rougon's triumph was beginning to embarrass him.
- Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
- This pointed question seemed to embarrass Mr. Parker greatly.
- Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Do not embarrass him now by attention; he is ashamed to refuse, and does not care to accept.
- Extract from : « Luttrell Of Arran » by Charles James Lever
- I could grow eloquent over my gifts, if it were not that my bashfulness might embarrass me.
- Extract from : « Tony Butler » by Charles James Lever
- I did not say anything for fear I should embarrass her, but I felt grieved to the heart.
- Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
- But don't question me further, please, or you will embarrass me.
- Extract from : « Mary Louise in the Country » by L. Frank Baum (AKA Edith Van Dyne)
- But I just couldn't help it, and I promise not to embarrass you again.
- Extract from : « 'Smiles' » by Eliot H. Robinson
Synonyms for embarrass
- abash
- agitate
- annoy
- bewilder
- bother
- bug
- catch one short
- chagrin
- confuse
- discombobulate
- discomfit
- discompose
- disconcert
- discountenance
- distract
- distress
- disturb
- dumbfound
- faze
- fluster
- give a bad time
- give a hard time
- hang up
- irk
- let down
- make a monkey of
- mortify
- nonplus
- perplex
- perturb
- plague
- put in a hole
- put in a spot
- put on the spot
- put out of countenance
- puzzle
- rattle
- shame
- show up
- stun
- tease
- throw
- throw into a tizzy
- upset
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