embarrass
verb
                                                                                                                            
                                                            em·bar·rass
                    
                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                  im-ˈber-əs  
                                                                                                                              
            -ˈba-rəs
                                                      
                                                          
            
              embarrassed; embarrassing; embarrasses            
        
    1
                    
        a
    
          
                                          
              
          
                                                      : to cause to experience a state of self-conscious distress                                      
              
                             
bawdy stories embarrassed him
                         
                
                    
        b
    
          
                                          
              
          
                                                      : to place in doubt, perplexity, or difficulties                                      
                
                    
        c
    
          
                                          
              
          
                                                      : to involve in financial difficulties                                      
                
                    
3
                    
                                          
              
          
                                                      : to make intricate : complicate                                      
                
                    
4
                    
                                          
              
          
                                                      : to impair the activity of (a bodily function) or the function of (a bodily part)                                      
              
                             
digestion embarrassed by overeating
                         
                
                    
                                
              
          
                                                      : to become anxiously self-conscious                                      
              
                             
he embarrasses easily
                         
                
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