Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to embarrass
Participle: embarrassed
Gerund: embarrassing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | embarrass |
| you | embarrass |
| he;she;it | embarrasses |
| we | embarrass |
| you | embarrass |
| they | embarrass |
Perfect
| I | have embarrassed |
| you | have embarrassed |
| he;she;it | has embarrassed |
| we | have embarrassed |
| you | have embarrassed |
| they | have embarrassed |
Past
| I | embarrassed |
| you | embarrassed |
| he;she;it | embarrassed |
| we | embarrassed |
| you | embarrassed |
| they | embarrassed |
Pluperfect
| I | had embarrassed |
| you | had embarrassed |
| he;she;it | had embarrassed |
| we | had embarrassed |
| you | had embarrassed |
| they | had embarrassed |
Future
| I | will embarrass |
| you | will embarrass |
| he;she;it | will embarrass |
| we | will embarrass |
| you | will embarrass |
| they | will embarrass |
Future Perfect
| I | will have embarrassed |
| you | will have embarrassed |
| he;she;it | will have embarrassed |
| we | will have embarrassed |
| you | will have embarrassed |
| they | will have embarrassed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | embarrass |
| you | embarrass |
| he;she;it | embarrass |
| we | embarrass |
| you | embarrass |
| they | embarrass |
Perfect
| I | have embarrassed |
| you | have embarrassed |
| he;she;it | have embarrassed |
| we | have embarrassed |
| you | have embarrassed |
| they | have embarrassed |
Imperfect
| I | embarrassed |
| you | embarrassed |
| he;she;it | embarrassed |
| we | embarrassed |
| you | embarrassed |
| they | embarrassed |
Pluperfect
| I | had embarrassed |
| you | had embarrassed |
| he;she;it | had embarrassed |
| we | had embarrassed |
| you | had embarrassed |
| they | had embarrassed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would embarrass |
| you | would embarrass |
| he;she;it | would embarrass |
| we | would embarrass |
| you | would embarrass |
| they | would embarrass |
Perfect
| I | would have embarrassed |
| you | would have embarrassed |
| he;she;it | would have embarrassed |
| we | would have embarrassed |
| you | would have embarrassed |
| they | would have embarrassed |
Imperative
| you | embarrass |
| we | Let's embarrass |
| you | embarrass |
Verbs conjugated like 'embarrass'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'embarrass'
imbarrass,
debarrass,
disembarrass,
harrass,
smartass,
ambass,
arras,
barrack,
barrage,
brass,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- To disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely.
- abash
- confuse
- abash, confound, chagrin, discountenance, faze, discomfit, discompose, disconcert
- annoy
- distress, harass, trouble, vex
- impede
- hamper, hinder
Antonyms
- annoy
- please, appease, gratify, soothe
- impede
- help, aid, assist, facilitate
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1672, "perplex, throw into doubt," from Fr.
embarrasser, lit. "to block," from
embarras "obstacle," from It.
imbarrazzo, from
imbarrare "to bar," from
in- "into, upon" + V.L.
*barra "bar." Meaning "make (someone) feel awkward" first recorded 1828. Original sense preserved in
embarras de richesse (1751), from Fr. (1726), the condition of having more wealth than one knows what to do with.
2. Etymology tree
3. Akkadian 𒆟 (rakāsum)
4. Akkadian 𒄙 (markasu)bor.
5. Classical Syriac ܡܰܪܫܳܐ (maršā)bor.
6. Arabic مَرَسَة (marasa)der.
7. Old Galician-Portuguese baraço
8. Old Galician-Portuguese embaraçarbor.
9. Old Spanish embaraçar
10. Spanish embarazarbor.
11. French embarrasserbor.
12. English embarrass
13. Borrowed from French embarrasser, from Middle French embarrasser, embarasser (“to embarrass; to block, obstruct”), from Spanish embarazar, either from Italian imbarazzare or from Portuguese embaraçar. See: French '
embarrasser', Spanish '
embarazar', Italian '
imbarazzare', Portuguese '
embaraçar'.
Verbs referencing "embarrass"
Spanish
embarazar, Portuguese
embaraçar.
Sample Sentences
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[...] follow her, though apparently revolving much, in this simple dog's head, what such an indiscreet midnight promenade might mean. Some dim ideas of imprudence or impropriety in the measure seemed to embarrass him considerably; for he often stopped, as Eliza glided forward, and looked wistfully, first at her and then at the house, and then, as if reassured by reflection, he pattered along after her again. [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] awful presence of Death struck no solemn chill upon him. He had seen Death many times,—met him in the way of trade, and got acquainted with him,—and he only thought of him as a hard customer, that embarrassed his property operations very unfairly; and so he only swore that the gal was a baggage, and that he was devilish unlucky, and that, if things went on in this way, he should not make a cent on the [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)