Embarrass vs Unembarrassable - What's the difference?
embarrass | unembarrassable |
to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to disconcert; to abash
To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct.
To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to encumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands.
Not embarrassable; impossible to embarrass.
* 2007 , Elinor Lipman, My Latest Grievance (page 6)
As a verb embarrass
is to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to disconcert; to abash.As an adjective unembarrassable is
not embarrassable; impossible to embarrass.embarrass
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Verb
(es)- The crowd's laughter and jeers embarrassed him.
- Business is embarrassed'''; public affairs are '''embarrassed .
- A man or his business is embarrassed when he can not meet his pecuniary engagements.
Synonyms
* (humiliate) abash, discomfit, disconcert, humiliate, shame * See alsoDerived terms
* embarrassmentExternal links
* *unembarrassable
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Adjective
(en adjective)- It was awkward even for my parents, unembarrassable progressives though they were.