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3. Syn. To hinder; perplex; entangle; confuse; puzzle; disconcert; abash; distress. To Embarrass, Puzzle, Perplex. We are puzzled when our faculties are confused by something we do not understand. We are perplexed when our feelings, as well as judgment, are so affected that we know not how to decide or act. We are embarrassed when there is some bar or hindrance upon us which impedes our powers of thought, speech, or motion. A schoolboy is puzzled by a difficult sum; a reasoner is perplexed by the subtleties of his opponent; a youth is sometimes so embarrassed before strangers as to lose his presence of mind. Embarrass Embarrassment The embarrassment which inexperienced minds have often to express themselves upon paper.W. Irving. The embarrassments tom commerce growing out of the late regulations.Bancroft. Embase Embased the valleys, and embossed the hills.Sylvester. Alloy in coin of gold . . . may make the metal work the better, but it embaseth it.Bacon. Such pitiful embellishments of speech as serve for nothing but to embase divinity.South. Embasement Embassade Embassador Stilbon, that was a wise embassadour,Chaucer. Myself my king's embassador will go.Dryden. Embassadorial Embassadress Embassadry |
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