embarrass

Etymology
Borrowed from, from , from , from (from 🇨🇬) + , the latter ultimately being from.

Verb

 * 1)  to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to abash.
 * 2)  To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct.
 * 3) * 1896,, addendum to 's translation of The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte Vol. 3, p. 418.:
 * This will... be the principal part of education; and this alone will effectively dispel that theological philosophy, which, in its decline, is still powerful enough to embarrass the course both of intellectual and social progress.
 * 1)  To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to encumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands.
 * 2)  To perplex mentally; confuse, disconcert; catch off guard.
 * This will... be the principal part of education; and this alone will effectively dispel that theological philosophy, which, in its decline, is still powerful enough to embarrass the course both of intellectual and social progress.
 * 1)  To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to encumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands.
 * 2)  To perplex mentally; confuse, disconcert; catch off guard.
 * 1)  To perplex mentally; confuse, disconcert; catch off guard.
 * 1)  To perplex mentally; confuse, disconcert; catch off guard.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:abash
 * See also Thesaurus:abash

Translations

 * Arabic: أَخْجَلَ
 * Armenian: ,
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Cherokee: ᎠᏕᎰᎯᏍᏗᎭ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 使…尷尬, 使…困窘
 * Czech: ponížit
 * Danish: gøre forlegen, gøre flov, gøre genert, sætte i forlegenhed
 * Dutch: verlegen maken, in verlegenheid brengen
 * Esperanto: embarasi
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * German: verlegen machen, ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: imbarazzare, mettere in imbarazzo
 * Japanese: 困らせる
 * Khmer: អោយគេខ្មាស
 * Korean:, 창피 주다
 * Lao: ເຮັດໃຫ້ອິດອັດໃຈ
 * Malay: memalukan
 * Mongolian: ичээх, сандраах, саад хийх
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: gjøre flau, gjøre forlegen
 * Polish: ambarasować, zaambarasować, wprawić w zakłopotanie,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tamil: மனதிற்கு தொல்லை கொடு
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: làm xấu hổ
 * Yiddish: פֿאַרשעמען