embarrass
US: /ɪmˈbɛɹəs/
UK: /ɛmbˈæɹəs/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
embarrass /im'bærəs/- ngoại động từ
- làm lúng túng, làm ngượng nghịu
- làm rắc rối, làm rối rắm
- gây khó khăn cho, ngăn trở
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) làm nợ đìa, làm mang công mắc nợ, gây khó khăn về kinh tế cho
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb [VN]1 to make sb feel shy, awkward or ashamed, especially in a social situation: [VN] Her questions about my private life embarrassed me. + I didn't want to embarrass him by kissing him in front of his friends. + [VN to inf] It embarrassed her to meet strange men in the corridor at night.
2 to cause problems or difficulties for sb: The speech was deliberately designed to embarrass the prime minister.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
disconcert, discomfit, chagrin, abash, shame, mortify, humble, humiliate, discountenance, discompose, fluster, upset, distress, disgrace, Colloq show up:
He embarrassed his colleagues by his bad manners.
Concise dictionary
embarrasses|embarrassed|embarrassingɪm'bærəsverb
+cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
+hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
