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Verb: embarrass  em'ba-rus
  1. Cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
    - abash
     
  2. Hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
    "His brother embarrassed him at every turn"
    - obstruct, blockade, block, hinder, stymie, stymy

Derived forms: embarrassing, embarrassed, embarrasses

See also: embarrassment

Type of: discomfit, discompose, disconcert, forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent, untune, upset

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