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# embarrass

«embarrass» in Mova's school dictionary: **to make them feel shy, silly or uncomfortable in front of…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (embarrass, embarrasses, embarrassed, embarrassing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To embarrass someone means to make them feel shy, silly or uncomfortable in front of others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embarrass/#m1)

2) To be embarrassed means to feel that way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embarrass/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and PSHE lessons we learn that everyone gets embarrassed sometimes — tripping in public, getting an answer wrong — and that we should not embarrass others on purpose. In stories embarrassed characters blush, look down or want to hide. Phrases: «embarrass someone», «be embarrassed about», «embarrassed to say».

### examples

- Please don't embarrass me in front of my friends! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embarrass/#x1)
- He was embarrassed when he called the teacher «Mum». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embarrass/#x2)
- I felt embarrassed about my messy room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embarrass/#x3)
- Dad embarrasses me when he dances. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embarrass/#x4)
- She was too embarrassed to ask for help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embarrass/#x5)
- Don't be embarrassed — everyone makes mistakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embarrass/#x6)
- They embarrassed him by laughing at his drawing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embarrass/#x7)
- I was embarrassed that I forgot her name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embarrass/#x8)

### note

One of the hardest spellings: double r AND double s — e-m-b-a-r-r-a-s-s. Noun: embarrassment. «Embarrassed» = how you feel; «embarrassing» = what causes it. False friend: Spanish «embarazada» means pregnant, not embarrassed.

### In the corpora

- [«Embarrass» has double r and double s.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/14-words-to-know-years-5-6/21/)
- [Rumours about crushes can embarrass people badly and spread fast.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/202-rumours-and-gossip/12/)
- [Keep a friend's private, harmless worries, like wetting the bed, to yourself; sharing them would embarrass them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/285-good-secrets-bad-secrets-and-owning-up/17/)
- [If someone has no lunch or very little, tell a teacher quietly rather than helping in a way that embarrasses them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/330-lunch-help-cooking-allowance-southern-seasons-jobs-festivals/8/)
- [Sharing a photo of someone without asking can embarrass them, and it can spread beyond your control.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/362-gems-on-mums-card-fake-ages-and-pop-up-prizes/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «embarrass» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/embarrass/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.