Word of the Day : February 25, 2022
Embarrass
verb im-BAIR-us
What It Means
Embarrass means “to cause to experience a state of self-conscious distress.”
// No one wants to embarrass themselves with spinach stuck in their teeth during a work luncheon—but it happens.
EMBARRASS in Context
“The Eagles were embarrassed Sunday in a 31-15 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in an NFC Wild Card playoff game….” — Mike Kaye, The South Jersey Times (New Jersey), 17 Jan. 2022
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