Nearby Words
verb (used with object)
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.
verb (used without object)
5.
to become disconcerted, abashed, or confused.
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Embarrassed
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
Origin:
1665–75; < French embarrasser < Spanish embarazar < Portuguese embaraçar, equivalent to em- em-1 + -baraçar, verbal derivative of baraço, baraça cord, strap, noose (of obscure origin)
1665–75; < French embarrasser < Spanish embarazar < Portuguese embaraçar, equivalent to em- em-1 + -baraçar, verbal derivative of baraço, baraça cord, strap, noose (of obscure origin)
Related forms
em·bar·rass·ing·ly, adverb
pre·em·bar·rass, verb (used with object)
un·em·bar·rassed, adjective
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