[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

embarrass \embar"rass\, n. f. embarras. see embarrass, v.
   t.
   embarrassment. obs. --bp. warburton.
   1913 webster
see also:
embarrass 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

embarrass \embar"rass\ e^mba^r"ras, v. t. imp.  p. p.
   embarrassed e^mba^r"rast; p. pr.  vb. n.
   embarrassing. f. embarrasser cf. sp. embarazar, pg.
   embara,car, pr. barras bar; pref. em- l. in + ll. barra
   bar. see bar.
   1. to hinder from freedom of thought, speech, or action by
      something which impedes or confuses mental action; to make
      a person unpleasantly self-conscious; to perplex; to
      discompose; to disconcert; as, laughter may embarrass an
      orator. wordnet sense 1

   syn: abash, discompose, disconcert, discomfit, chagrin. 1913
        webster +pjc

   2. to hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to
      obstruct; as, business is embarrassed; public affairs are
      embarrassed. wordnet sense 2

   syn: obstruct, blockade, block, hinder, stymie. 1913
        webster

   3. com. to involve in difficulties concerning money
      matters; to incumber with debt; to beset with urgent
      claims or demands; -- said of a person or his affairs; as,
      a man or his business is embarrassed when he can not meet
      his pecuniary engagements.

   syn: to hinder; perplex; entangle; confuse; puzzle;
        disconcert; abash; distress. -- to embarrass,
        puzzle, perplex. we are puzzled when our faculties
        are confused by something we do not understand. we are
        perplexed when our feelings, as well as judgment, are so
        affected that we know not how to decide or act. we are
        embarrassed when there is some bar or hindrance upon us
        which impedes our powers of thought, speech, or motion.
        a schoolboy is puzzled by a difficult sum; a reasoner is
        perplexed by the subtleties of his opponent; a youth is
        sometimes so embarrassed before strangers as to lose his
        presence of mind.
        1913 webster
see also:
embarrassed embarrassing bar embarrass puzzle perplex 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

embarrass
     v 1: cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious syn:
          abash
     2: hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "his
        brother blocked him at every turn" syn: obstruct, blockade,
         block, hinder, stymie, stymy
see also:
abash obstruct blockade block hinder stymie 
stymy 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

106 moby thesaurus words for "embarrass":
   abash, absorb, addle, addle the wits, agitate, awkward, ball up,
   becloud, bedazzle, befuddle, bewilder, bother, bug, burden,
   cast down, catch up in, chagrin, cloud, concern, confound, confuse,
   cramp, cripple, cumber, daze, dazzle, deflate, discombobulate,
   discomfit, discommodious, discompose, disconcert, discountenance,
   disgrace, dismay, disorganize, disorient, distress, disturb,
   draw in, embarrassing, encumber, engage, enmesh, ensnarl, entangle,
   entoil, entrammel, entrap, entwine, faze, fetter, flummox, flurry,
   fluster, flutter, fog, fuddle, fuss, hamper, hamstring, handicap,
   hobble, humble, humiliate, impede, implicate, incommodious,
   interest, involve, lame, let down, lime, lumber, maze, mist,
   mix up, moider, mortify, muddle, net, nonplus, perplex, perturb,
   pother, press down, put out, put to shame, queer, raise hell,
   rattle, ruffle, saddle with, shackle, shame, show up, snarl,
   suck into, tangle, throw into confusion, toil, trammel, unsettle,
   upset, vex, weigh down

[5] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

embarrass, mn
  zip codes: 55732
embarrass, wi village, fips 23850
  location: 44.67074 n, 88.70334 w
  population 1990: 461 148 housing units
  area: 3.1 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

embarrass, wi -- u.s. village in wisconsin
   population 2000:    399
   housing units 2000: 164
   land area 2000:     1.203737 sq. miles 3.117664 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.003955 sq. miles 0.010243 sq. km
   total area 2000:    1.207692 sq. miles 3.127907 sq. km
   fips code:            23850
   located within:       wisconsin wi, fips 55
   location:             44.670716 n, 88.703361 w
   zip codes 1990:    
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    embarrass, wi
    embarrass

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