Defenition of the word embarrass

• Defenition of the word embarrass

  • To make someone feel shy, ashamed, or guilty about something.
  • cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
  • hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His brother blocked him at every turn"
  • hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of

Synonyms for the word embarrass

• • abash
  • block
  • blockade
  • discomfit
  • hinder
  • humiliate
  • make ashamed
  • make self-conscious
  • make shy
  • make uncomfortable
  • mortify
  • obstruct
  • stymie
  • stymy

Similar words in the embarrass

• • embarrass
  • embarrassed
  • embarrasses
  • embarrassing
  • embarrassingly
  • embarrassments

Hyponyms for the word embarrass

• • bottleneck
  • check
  • confuse
  • disconcert
  • filibuster
  • flurry
  • hang
  • put off
  • stonewall

Hypernyms for the word embarrass

• • discomfit
  • discompose
  • disconcert
  • forbid
  • foreclose
  • forestall
  • preclude
  • prevent
  • untune
  • upset

See other words

• • What is reduce in importance
  • The definition of be given to
  • The interpretation of the word be passed down
  • What is meant by be inherited
  • The lexical meaning be left to
  • The dictionary meaning of the word be handed down
  • The grammatical meaning of the word location
  • Meaning of the word be bestowed
  • Literal and figurative meaning of the word desolation
  • The origin of the word defame
  • Synonym for the word ignominy
  • Antonyms for the word infamy
  • Homonyms for the word indignity
  • Hyponyms for the word make uncomfortable
  • Holonyms for the word mortify
  • Hypernyms for the word shames
  • Proverbs and sayings for the word crumple
  • Translation of the word in other languages fold up