embarrass

Verb

cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; 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.
To perplex mentally; confuse, disconcert; catch off guard.

Examples

A man or his business is embarrassed when he cannot meet his pecuniary engagements.
The crowd's laughter and jeers embarrassed him.
The motion was advanced in order to embarrass the progress of the bill.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French embarrasser, embarasser (“to embarrass; to block, obstruct”), from Spanish embarazar, from Portuguese embaraçar, from em- (“in”) (from Latin im-) + baraço (“noose, rope”), from Arabic مَرَسَة (marasa, “rope”), ultimately from Akkadian 𒄙 (GUR /⁠markasu⁠/, “rope”).

Synonyms

abash, block, blockade, hinder, obstruct, stymie, stymy, discomfit, disconcert, humiliate, shame

Scrabble Score: 13

embarrass: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
embarrass: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
embarrass: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

embarrass: valid Words With Friends Word