глагол 1) затруднять, мешать, препятствовать, стеснять Синоним(ы): encumber, hamper, impede 2) а) сбивать с толку, приводить в замешательство, удивлять б) смущать, ставить в неудобное положение Например: It embarrassed him to be caught cheating. — Ему было стыдно, что его уличили в мошенничестве. Синоним(ы): shame, perplex 3) усложнять; запутывать (в делах); обременять (долгами) Например: The word seems to embarrass the sentence. — Это слово делает предложение более громоздким.
verb Etymology: French embarrasser, from Spanish embarazar, from Portuguese embaraçar, from em- (from Latin in-) + baraça noose transitive verb 1. a. to place in doubt, perplexity, or difficulties b. to involve in financial difficulties c. to cause to experience a state of self-conscious distress Example: bawdy stories embarrassed him 2. a. to hamper the movement of b. hinder, impede 3. to make intricate; complicate 4. to impair the activity of (a bodily function) or the function of (a bodily part) Example: digestion embarrassed by overeating intransitive verb to become anxiously self-conscious Example: he embarrasses easily • embarrassable adjective Synonyms: embarrass, discomfit, abash, disconcert, rattle mean to distress by confusing or confounding. embarrass implies some influence that impedes thought, speech, or action Example: embarrassed to admit that she liked the movie. discomfit implies a hampering or frustrating accompanied by confusion Example: hecklers discomfited the speaker. abash presupposes some initial self-confidence that receives a sudden check, producing shyness, shame, or a feeling of inferiority Example: abashed by her swift and cutting retort. disconcert implies an upsetting of equanimity or assurance producing uncertainty or hesitancy Example: disconcerted by finding so many in attendance. rattle implies an agitation that impairs thought and judgment Example: rattled by all the television cameras.
geographical name see Embarras