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embarrass
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embarrass someone about someone or something
to make someone feel bad or ashamed about someone or something. Please don't embarrass me by mentioning my mistake again. There is no need to embarrass her about her unfortunate sister.

embarrass someone into doing something

to shame someone into doing something. They tried to embarrass me into doing it, but I resisted. Juan tried to embarrass Fred into going home early.
See also: doing

embarrass someone with something

to use something to make someone feel bad or ashamed. Please don't embarrass me with that old story again. Maria embarrassed Henry with a reminder of what had happened.

financially embarrassed

Euph. broke. I'm a bit financially embarrassed at the moment. Gary found himself financially embarrassed when the time came to pay the bill.
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I knew I had to be eagle-eyed at all times, looking for signs of drug abuse, anorexia, bulimia, smoking weed, alcohol consumption, to say nothing of sexual activity, unwanted pregnancy and other similar, and terrifying, issues that today's parents have to cope with -- embarrassedly, apologetically, guiltily, stealthily, sensitively.
WHISPER WORDS by Mail Today (New Delhi, India)
We embarrassedly tried a chunk each with some of the relish, wondering if he was the obligatory local character that you always find on a barstool: a little worse for wear but warm company.
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At which point I embarrassedly ask my close friend and knower of all things economic, Andras, what it all means.
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