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embarrass (verb) -
transitive verb
1a: to cause to experience a state of self-conscious distress
b: to place in doubt, perplexity, or difficulties
c: to involve in financial difficulties
2a: to hamper the movement of
b: hinder, impede
3: to make intricate : complicate
4: to impair the activity of (a bodily function) or the function of (a bodily part)
intransitive verb
: to become anxiously self-conscious
Source : Merriam-Webster
Etymology : If you’ve ever felt frozen, unable to move, or like a deer in the proverbial headlights when embarrassed by something, then the origins of the verb embarrass will make a great deal of sense. When embarrass first entered English from French in the late 16th century, it was used for the action of hampering or impeding the progress of someone or something—figuratively tying them up. No wonder then that embarrass comes ultimately from the Portuguese verb embaraçar, which adds the prefix em- to the noun baraça, meaning “noose” or “rope.” This “hampering” sense of embarrass, and others related to restricting, impairing, or burdening of one sort or other, are still in use today, but they’re less common than the “to make someone feel confused and foolish in front of other people” sense is.
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