VERB | emotion | embarrass, abash | cause to be embarrassed |
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social | embarrass, obstruct, blockade, block, hinder, stymie, stymy | hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of |
Sounds | ihmbeh'rahs | |
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Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... |
Meaning | Cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Model | The performance is likely to embarrass Sue; Sam cannot embarrass Sue | |
Synonym | abash | |
Narrower | confuse, flurry, disconcert, put off | Cause to feel embarrassment |
Broader | upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit | Cause to lose one's composure |
Spanish | avergonzar, confundir | |
Catalan | apenar, avergonyir, confondre, torbar | |
Nouns | embarrassment | some event that causes someone to be embarrassed |
Meaning | hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | obstruct, blockade, block, hinder, stymie, stymy | |
Narrower | bottleneck | slow down or impede by creating an obstruction |
check | Block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey | |
filibuster | obstruct deliberately by delaying | |
hang | prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury | |
stonewall | obstruct or hinder any discussion | |
Broader | prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid | Keep from happening / happening or arising |
Spanish | apenar, bloquear, dificultar, entorpecer, estorbar, impedir, obstaculizar, obstruir | |
Catalan | dificultar, obstaculitzar, obstruir |
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