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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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Land-poor :: Land-poor (a.) Pecuniarily embarrassed through owning much unprofitable land.

Involve :: Involve (v. t.) To envelop, infold, entangle, or embarrass; as, to involve a person in debt or misery..

Stand :: Stand (v. i.) A state of perplexity or embarrassment; as, to be at a stand what to do..

Embarrass :: Embarrass (v. t.) Embarrassment.

Hum :: Hum (v. i.) To make an inarticulate sound, like h'm, through the nose in the process of speaking, from embarrassment or a affectation; to hem..

Cumber :: Cumber (v.) Trouble; embarrassment; distress.

Depress :: Depress (v. t.) To lessen the activity of; to make dull; embarrass, as trade, commerce, etc..

Cumbersome :: Cumbersome (a.) Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous..

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..

Red :: Red (v. t.) To put on order; to make tidy; also, to free from entanglement or embarrassement; -- generally with up; as, to red up a house..

Strait-handed :: Straiten (v. t.) To restrict; to distress or embarrass in respect of means or conditions of life; -- used chiefly in the past participle; -- as, a man straitened in his circumstances..

Unembarrassed :: Unembarrassed (a.) Not perplexed in mind; not confused; as, the speaker appeared unembarrassed..

Nonplus :: Nonplus (v. t.) To puzzle; to confound; to perplex; to cause to stop by embarrassment.

Pose :: Pose (v. t.) To question with a view to puzzling; to embarrass by questioning or scrutiny; to bring to a stand.

Perplexing :: Perplexing (a.) Embarrassing; puzzling; troublesome.

Disembarrassment :: Disembarrassment (n.) Freedom or relief from impediment or perplexity.

Disembarrass :: Disembarrass (v. t.) To free from embarrassment, or perplexity; to clear; to extricate..

Imbroglio :: Imbroglio (n.) A complicated and embarrassing state of things; a serious misunderstanding.

Set :: Set (v. t.) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot; hence, to occasion difficulty to; to embarrass; as, to set a coach in the mud..

Embarrassing :: Embarrassing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Embarras.