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Environ vs Embarrass - What's the difference?

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Environ is a related term of embarrass.


As verbs the difference between environ and embarrass

is that environ is to surround; to encircle while embarrass is to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to disconcert; to abash.

environ

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To surround; to encircle.
  • * 1673 , ”:
    • I did but prompt the age to quit their cloggs
    By the known rules of antient libertie,
    When strait a barbarous noise environs me
    Of Owles and Cuckoes, Asses, Apes and Doggs.
  • * Spenser
    • Dwelling in a pleasant glade, / With mountains round about environed .
  • * Shakespeare
    • Environed he was with many foes.
  • * John Donne
    • Environ me with darkness whilst I write.

    Related terms

    * environment

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    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

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