Definition of embarrass

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Embarrass (v. t.) 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..

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Perplexity :: Perplexity (n.) The quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; distraction of mind through doubt or difficulty; embarrassment; bewilderment; doubt.
Hinder :: Hinder (a.) To prevent or embarrass; to debar; to shut out.
Snarl :: Snarl (n.) A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like, difficult to disentangle; entanglement; hence, intricate complication; embarrassing difficulty..
Disembarrassing :: Disembarrassing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disembarras.
Clear :: Clear (superl.) Free from embarrassment; detention, etc..
Hobble :: Hobble (v. t.) To perplex; to embarrass.
Disentangle :: Disentangle (v. t.) To extricate from complication and perplexity; disengage from embarrassing connection or intermixture; to disembroil; to set free; to separate.
Encumber :: Encumber (v. t.) To impede the motion or action of, as with a burden; to retard with something superfluous; to weigh down; to obstruct or embarrass; as, his movements were encumbered by his mantle; his mind is encumbered with useless learning..
Awkward :: Awkward (a.) Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing.
Boggle :: Boggle (v. t.) To embarrass with difficulties; to make a bungle or botch of.
Cumbersome :: Cumbersome (a.) Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous..
Ease :: Ease (n.) Freedom from constraint, formality, difficulty, embarrassment, etc.; facility; liberty; naturalness; -- said of manner, style, etc.; as, ease of style, of behavior, of address..
Unembarrassment :: Unembarrassment (n.) Freedom from embarrassment.
Involve :: Involve (v. t.) To envelop, infold, entangle, or embarrass; as, to involve a person in debt or misery..
Hobble :: Hobble (n.) Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment.
Embarrass :: Embarrass (v. t.) Embarrassment.
Embarrassment :: Embarrassment (n.) Difficulty or perplexity arising from the want of money to pay debts.
Constrained :: Constrained (a.) Marked by constraint; not free; not voluntary; embarrassed; as, a constrained manner; a constrained tone..
Difficulty :: Difficulty (n.) Embarrassment of affairs, especially financial affairs; -- usually in the plural; as, to be in difficulties..
Land-poor :: Land-poor (a.) Pecuniarily embarrassed through owning much unprofitable land.
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