embarrass

/ɪmˈbærəs/

verbem · bar · rass

Don’t be EM-barrassed: there’s ONE M, but TWO R’s—like you’re saying “brrr” twice when you feel awkward.

Yes, it's embarrass. Remember: **one m** in *em-*, but **double r** in *-barr-*, and it ends with **-ass** (not -ase or -ess).

Definitions

  1. verbto make someone feel self-conscious, ashamed, or awkward
  2. verbto cause difficulty or problems for someone or something

Examples

  • “I didn’t mean to embarrass you in front of your friends.”
  • “Forgetting my lines during the play would embarrass me.”
  • “The sudden power outage could embarrass the company during the presentation.”

Synonyms

humiliatemortifyflustershamediscomfit

Antonyms

comfortreassure

Translations

ES avergonzarPT envergonharFR embarrasser

Common misspellings

embarassembarrasembarresembarressembarraseembarrasssembarrassembarrrass

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