embarrass
Translation
to embarrass, to make ashamed, to make awkward
Examples
His questions embarrassed the politician.
His questions embarrassed the politician.
I didn't want to embarrass him in front of his friends.
I didn't want to embarrass him in front of his friends.
Grammar Patterns
((sb.)) to make (sb.) feel ashamed or awkward His questions embarrassed the politician.
Similar Words
Synonyms: shame, humiliate, mortify, disconcert
Etymology
From French 'embarrasser', from Spanish 'embarazar' (to impede), from 'em-' + 'barra' (bar). The original sense was to block or impede.
Memory Tips
To remember the spelling, think: 'I go 'r'eally 'r'ed and 's'o 's'ilent.' (double 'r', double 's').