— embarrassedly /em bar"euhst lee, -euh sid lee/ , adv. — embarrassingly , adv.
/em bar"euhs/ , v.t.
1. to cause confusion and shame to; make uncomfortably self-conscious; disconcert; abash: His bad table manners embarrassed her.
2. to make difficult or intricate, as a question or problem; complicate.
3. to put obstacles or difficulties in the way of; impede: The motion was advanced in order to embarrass the progress of the bill.
4. to beset with financial difficulties; burden with debt: The decline in sales embarrassed the company.
v.i.
5. to become disconcerted, abashed, or confused.
[ 1665-75; embarrasser embarazar
embaraçar, equiv. to em- EM- 1 + -baraçar, v. deriv. of baraço, baraça cord, strap, noose (of obscure orig.) ]
Syn. 1. discompose, discomfit, chagrin. See confuse. 3. hamper, hinder.