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em•bar•rass



Pronunciation: (em-bar'us), [key]
—v.t.
1. to cause confusion and shame to; make uncomfortably self-conscious; disconcert; abash: His bad table manners embarrassed her.
2. to make difficult or intricate, as a question or problem; complicate.
3. to put obstacles or difficulties in the way of; impede: The motion was advanced in order to embarrass the progress of the bill.
4. to beset with financial difficulties; burden with debt: The decline in sales embarrassed the company.

—v.i.
to become disconcerted, abashed, or confused.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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