v.tr.
1. cause (a person) to feel awkward or self-conscious or ashamed.
2 (as embarrassed adj.) encumbered with debts.
3 encumber, impede.
4 complicate (a question etc.).
5 perplex.
Derivatives:
embarrassedly adv. embarrassingly adv. embarrassment n.
Etymology: F embarrasser (orig. hamper) f. Sp. embarazar f. It. imbarrare bar in (as IN-(2), BAR(1))