embarrass
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/icons/point.icon EMBARRASS, DISCOMFIT, ABASH, DISCONCERT, RATTLE mean to distress by confusing or confounding.
EMBARRASS implies some influence that impedes thought, speech, or action.
e.g. The question embarrassed her so much she couldn't answer
DISCOMFIT implies a hampering or frustrating accompanied by confusion.
e.g. Hecklers discomfited the speaker
ABASH presupposes some initial self-confidence that receives a sudden check, producing shyness, shame, or a feeling of inferiority.
e.g. abashed by her swift and cutting retort
DISCONCERT implies an upsetting of equanimity or assurance producing uncertainty or hesitancy.
e.g. disconcerted by finding so many in attendance
RATTLE implies an agitation that impairs thought and judgment.
e.g. rattled by all the television cameras
verb with object
cause (someone) to feel awkward, self-conscious, or ashamed:
(人前で)〈人〉に恥ずかしい思いをさせる; «…で/…することで» …をまごつかせる, 困らせる «with/by doing» ; 〖be ～ed〗 «…によって» 恥ずかしいと思う, 当惑する «by» (→ 分詞embarrassed); 〖it ～es A to do〗 A〈人〉が…して当惑する
e.g. she wouldn't embarrass either of them by making a scene.
(be embarrassed) be caused financial difficulties:
e.g. he would be embarrassed by an inheritance tax.
archaic hamper or impede (a person, movement, or action):
e.g. the state of the rivers will embarrass the enemy in a considerable degree.
archaic make difficult or intricate; complicate.
｟古｠ 〈問題･事態など〉をこじらせる, 複雑にする.
ORIGIN
early 17th century (in embarrass (sense 2 of the verb)): from French embarrasser, from Spanish embarazar, probably from Portuguese embaraçar (from baraço ‘halter’).