embarrass
suomi-englanti sanakirjaembarrass englannista suomeksi
saattaa hämilleen, nolata, nolostuttaa
vaikeuttaa, hankaloittaa, estää
Verbi
embarrass englanniksi
to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to abash.
(ux)
(senseid) To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct.
{{quote-text|en|year=1796|author=Thompson|Benjamin Count of Rumford|chapter=Of Chimney Fire-places|title=Essays, Political, Economical and Philosophical|url=https://archive.org/details/essayspolitical00thomgoog/page/330/mode/1up?view=theater|page=330
1896, (w), addendum to (w)'s translation of ''The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte'' Vol. 3, p. 418.:
- This will... be the principal part of education; and this alone will effectively dispel that theological philosophy, which, in its decline, is still powerful enough to embarrass the course both of intellectual and social progress.
(quote-web)
To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to encumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands.
To perplex mentally; confuse, disconcert; catch guard.