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embarrassesverbpresent tense third-person singular of embarrass to throw into a state of self-conscious distressthe modest young soldiers were embarrassed by the public praise for their heroism abashes, confounds, confuses, discomfits, disconcerts, discountenances, fazes, flusters, mortifies, nonpluses(or nonplusses), rattles agitates, bothers, chagrins, discomforts, discomposes, dismays, disquiets, distresses, disturbs, perturbs, puts off, puts out, unhinges, unsettles, upsetsdebases, degrades, demeans, humbles, humiliates, queers, shames calms, comforts, consoles, relieves, soothesbuoys, cheers, emboldens, encourages, heartensassures, reassures to create difficulty for the work or activity ofa lot of this paperwork is unnecessary and just embarrasses the organization clogs, cramps, encumbers, fetters, hampers, handcuffs, handicaps, hinders, hobbles, hog-ties, holds back, holds up, impedes, inhibits, interferes (with), manacles, obstructs, shackles, short-circuits, stymies, ties up, trammels balks, checks, constrains, curbs, reins, restrainsbinds, chains, halters, leashes, tethers, tiesarrests, brakes, delays, retains, retardsbarricades, blockades, blocks, roadblocksbogs (down), mireschokes, smothers, stifles, strangles, suffocatesbaffles, foils, frustrates, stumps, thwartsderails, disrupts, sabotagesmuzzles, represses, suppressesconfines, hedges (in), hems (in) cramps one's style, gives a hard time aids, assists, facilitates, helps clears, makes way, opens, unclogs, unplugs, unstopsfrees, liberates, releases, untiesloosens, smooths(also smoothes)encourages, furthers, promotes to make complex or difficultclaims that the new government regulations will needlessly embarrass the operations of small businesses in the state complexes, complexifies, complicates, entangles, perplexes, sophisticates develops, elaborates, expandsintensifies, magnifiesconfounds, confuses, messes (up), mixes (up), muddlessnarls, tangles simplifies, streamlines abbreviates, cuts, shortenseases, facilitatesdisentangles, straightens (out), unravels, untanglesoversimplifies |