embarrass

Other forms of embarrass

past tense

embarrassed·

present participle

embarrassing·

third person

embarrasses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about embarrass

What does embarrass mean?

embarrass means "cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in embarrass?

embarrass has 3 syllables: em-bar-rass. The stress falls on "bar". In IPA it is /ɪmˈbɛɹəs/.

What is another word for embarrass?

Close synonyms include abash, obstruct, blockade, block, hinder. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is embarrass a common word?

embarrass is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.