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Bewilder vs Embarrass - What's the difference?

bewilder | embarrass | Synonyms |

Bewilder is a synonym of embarrass.


As verbs the difference between bewilder and embarrass

is that bewilder is (label) to confuse, puzzle or befuddle someone, especially with many different things while embarrass is to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to disconcert; to abash.

bewilder

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (label) To confuse, puzzle or befuddle someone, especially with many different things.
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  • *:She wakened in sharp panic, bewildered by the grotesquerie of some half-remembered dream in contrast with the harshness of inclement fact, drowsily realising that since she had fallen asleep it had come on to rain smartly out of a shrouded sky.
  • (label) To disorientate someone.
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  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * bewilderedly * bewilderedness * bewilderer * bewilderment

    embarrass

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to disconcert; to abash
  • The crowd's laughter and jeers embarrassed him.
  • To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct.
  • Business is embarrassed'''; public affairs are '''embarrassed .
  • To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to encumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands.
  • A man or his business is embarrassed when he can not meet his pecuniary engagements.

    Synonyms

    * (humiliate) abash, discomfit, disconcert, humiliate, shame * See also

    Derived terms

    * embarrassment