смущать, стеснять, конфузить, затруднять, обременять, запутывать
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- беспокоить, смущать; приводить в замешательство, сбивать с толку
it embarrassed him to admit it — он стеснялся в этом признаться 
to feel embarrassed — чувствовать себя неловко
her question embarrassed me — её вопрос поставил меня в трудное положение
- затруднять, стеснять (движения); мешать
to embarrass smb. with parcels — нагрузить кого-л. свёртками
- мешать; препятствовать
the law embarrassed transactions between individuals — закон затруднил заключение сделок между частными лицами
digestion embarrassed by overeating — плохое пищеварение от переедания
the motion was advanced in order to embarrass the progress of the bill — предложение было выдвинуто с целью затруднить принятие законопроекта
to embarrass the communications — воен. нарушать коммуникации (противника)
- усложнять, запутывать (вопрос, дело)
- обременять долгами
his estate was embarrassed — его имение было заложено
- вызывать денежные затруднения
the decline in sales embarrassed the company — уменьшение сбыта товаров поставило компанию в трудное финансовое положение
he is embarrassed financially — он стеснён в средствах, он испытывает денежные затруднения
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Словосочетания
to embarrass a trial — мешать судопроизводству
embarrass a ship — стеснять действия судна
embarrass a trial — мешать судопроизводству
embarrass communication — нарушать коммуникации
embarrass communications — нарушать коммуникации
Примеры с переводом
He didn’t want to embarrass her by asking questions.
Он не захотел ставить её в неловкое положение своими вопросами.
Unexpected laughter embarrassed the speaker.
Неожиданный смех смутил докладчика.
It embarrassed him to be caught cheating.
Ему было стыдно, за то что его поймали на мошенничестве.
I would never do anything to embarrass my family.
Я бы никогда не сделал ничего, что опозорило бы мою семью.
She’s worried about embarrassing herself in front of such a large audience.
Она беспокоилась о том, что будет чувствовать себя неловко перед такой большой аудиторией.
He’s trying to embarrass you, that’s the top and bottom of it.
Он пытается поставить вас в неловкое положение, только и всего.
The word seems to embarrass the sentence.
Это слово делает предложение более громоздким.
The revelations in the press have embarrassed the government.
Разоблачения в прессе поставили правительство в неловкое положение.
The protest was staged as a deliberate attempt to embarrass the government.
Протест этот был представлен как преднамеренная попытка выставить правительство в дурном свете.
Возможные однокоренные слова
disembarrass — вызволять, освобождать, выводить из затруднения, выводить из замешательства
embarrassed — смущенный, растерянный, стесненный, запутавшийся в долгах
embarrassing — смущающий, затруднительный
embarrassment — смущение, замешательство, затруднение, конфуз, помеха, препятствие, запутанность
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Synonym: bewilder, confuse, fluster, humiliate, mortify, shame. Similar words: embarrassed, embark, array, barrel, barrier, arrange, narrator, warranty. Meaning: [ɪm’bærəs] 
v. 1. cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious 2. hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of.
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1 He didn’t want to embarrass her by asking questions.
2 She may embarrass you with her uncouth behavior.
3 The speech was a deliberate attempt to embarrass the government.
4 She dragged up that incident just to embarrass me.
5 She’s dragged up that story just to embarrass me.
6 Are you trying to embarrass me?
7 You didn’t embarrass me in the slightest.
8 I did not embarrass her with my effusions.
9 I didn’t want to embarrass him by kissing him in front of his friends.
10 He’s trying to embarrass you,(www.Sentencedict.com) that’s the top and bottom of it.
11 He has decided that he doesn’t want to embarrass the movement and will therefore step down.
12 The speech was deliberately designed to embarrass the prime minister.
13 I didn’t want to embarrass her in front of her friends.
14 The Republicans are trying to embarrass the president by thwarting his economic program.
15 The motion was advanced in order to embarrass the progress of the bill.
16 Jones was politically motivated to embarrass him.
17 It will only embarrass the Church.
18 I hope my little dance didn’t embarrass you.
19 They’d do it deliberately to embarrass the Government.
20 He didn’t want to embarrass the poor woman.
21 The idea was to embarrass the Government.
22 The crisis surrounding the tunnel threatens to embarrass the Government, which insisted it be financed entirely by the private sector.
23 They could embarrass ministers, which is a kind of sin against the Holy Ghost.
24 Western propaganda continued to embarrass the Communists by loudly proclaiming that the flow of refugees proved the superiority of capitalism.
25 I wouldn’t want to embarrass you, but I really can see no alternative at present.
26 It might embarrass them if Henry told them about his grandad. perhaps it would stop them.
27 he behaved badly in school; he mischievously looked for a chance to embarrass his sister; behaved naughtily when they had guests and was sent to his room.
28 The election was only three months away and Fulbright did not want to embarrass Johnson.
29 Mungo wanted to put an arm round her shoulder, but knew he would embarrass her.
30 Aside from its dubious cultural charm, there are serious structural weaknesses which may one day embarrass us.
More similar words: embarrassed, embark, array, barrel, barrier, arrange, narrator, warranty, narrative, ambassador, grass, brass, assembly, assemble, arrangement, harassment, combat, bare, bar, bombastic, barn, barely, embody, member, or rather, embrace, terrain, resemble, snack bar, handlebar.
Examples of how to use the word “embarrass” in a sentence. How to connect “embarrass” with other words to make correct English sentences.
embarrass (v): to cause someone to feel nervous, worried, or uncomfortable
Use “embarrass” in a sentence
| I didn’t mean to embarrass you. |
| You’re embarrassing them. |
| Her questions about my private life embarrassed me.
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Definition of Embarrass
to make someone look shameful or foolish in public
Examples of Embarrass in a sentence
My mother likes to embarrass me by showing everyone my baby pictures.
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When I saw my crush at the dance, I was afraid that I would embarrass myself in front of him.
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In order to embarrass her, the bullies decided to trip her in the lunchroom.
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She wondered if the public apology would embarrass her friend whom she had wronged.
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In earlier times, people were punished by being put in the stocks which would embarrass and humiliate them.
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