embarrassedadj.

Brit.

/ɪmˈbarəst/,

/ɛmˈbarəst/, U.S.

/əmˈbɛrəst/,

/ɛmˈbɛrəst/

Forms: see embarrass v. and -ed suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: embarrass v., -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: < embarrass v. + -ed suffix¹, originally after French †embarassé (1580 in Middle French; now embarrassé).In sense 3 after French †ambarassé (1670, in the passage translated in quot. 1695, or earlier in this sense), variant of embarrassé.

a. Affected or characterized by obstacles or difficulties; hampered, impeded, hindered. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [adjective] > hindered

interrupt1412

letteda1425

hindered1644

impedite1662

embarrassed1677

obstructed1749

entrammelled1822

tucked up1888

snagged1977

1677 G. Miege New Dict. French & Eng. i. sig. Ff3/1 Embarassé, embarassed, cumbered, pestered, perplexed, troubled, confounded.

1715 A. Philips tr. Thousand & One Days III. 36 It is not the first time that I have been assisting to embarrassed Lovers.

1789 G. White Nat. Hist. Selborne 428 Pitiable seems the condition of this poor embarrassed reptile, to be cased in a suit of ponderous armour.

1822 P. Stansbury Pedestrian Tour ii. 38 Resolute and brave veteran soldiers, who were already beginning to suffer all the distress and fatigue, attendant upon an embarrassed army.

1892 A. T. Mahan Infl. Sea Power French Revol. & Empire I. xi. 358 The strife went on,—the embarrassed condition of the ‘Droits de l'Homme’ being increased by the fall of her mizzen mast at half-past ten.

1929 Pop. Sci. Monthly May 50/3 With small power and scant altitude, an embarrassed plane would have no chance to glide to safety.

†b. Of a road, river, etc.: full of obstructions; blocked. Also: characterized by obstructions. Also figurative. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > [adjective] > closed or shut > closed or blocked up > obstructed

gorged?a1513

obstructed1611

embarrassed1698

choked1699

occluded1802

blocked1856

obturated1876

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [adjective] > full of hindrances

barfula1616

embarrassed1891

1698 tr. J. Raveneau de Lussan Jrnl. Voy. South Sea vi. 162 The Road..itself was no other than a thick Forest..full of sharp Rocks..and embarassed with a great many Trees.

1700 R. Blackmore Paraphr. Job 50 Her Rooms of State, and Roofs of Cedar meet, Huddled in Ruin in th' embarrast Street.

1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. xxiv. 295 Its [sc. a river's] Passage inward is..embarassed with Rocks.

1796 Instr. & Regulations Cavalry 243 If the ground is at all embarrassed, the line cannot incline.

1801 Monthly Mag. July 479/1 The West India trade, which, usually arriving in large fleets, contributed..to the crowded and embarrassed state of the river.

1830 E. E. Crowe Hist. France I. iii. 69 In the narrow streets and embarrassed passages the Egyptians rallied.

1891 R. H. Hutton Cardinal Newman ix. 178 Even if the faith aggravates the responsibility for the evil,..it leaves the way open to a much less embarrassed path of repentance.

c. Having or characterized by financial difficulties.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > poverty > [adjective] > poor > lacking money

to the boneOE

silverlessc1325

pennilessc1330

moneylessc1400

impecunious1596

crossless1600

penceless1605

unmoneyed1606

coinless1614

emptya1643

out of pocket1679

money-bound1710

broke1716

embarrassed1744

stiver cramped1785

plackless1786

taper1789

poundlessa1794

shillingless1797

unpennied1804

fundless1809

impecuniary1814

hard up1821

soldier-thighed1825

cashless1833

stiverless1839

fly-blown1853

strapped1857

stick1859

tight1859

stone-broke1886

stony1886

oofless1888

stony-broke1890

motherless1906

penny-pinched1918

skinned1924

skint1925

on the beach1935

potless1936

boracic1959

uptight1967

brassic1982

1744 German Politicks 99 Nothing but the embarrassed State of Great-Britain, could encourage France to resume her ambitious Designs.

1773 Proc. Old Bailey 8 Sept. 385/1 I was taking every step to settle my affairs, which, I must own, from various incidents have continued embarrassed.

1800 European Mag. & London Rev. May 387/2 Mildmay is the friend of her brother, and is in such an embarrassed state, that he is obliged to fly into the country, from the pursuit of Bailiffs.

1861 H. A. Jacobs Incidents Life Slave Girl xli. 294 The doctor had died in embarrassed circumstances, and had little to will to his heirs.

1863 W. Fraser Mem. Maxwells of Pollok I. 484 When Sir James became embarrassed,..Alexander intervened to prevent the estates being sold to strangers.

1918 D. Flatau Yellow Souls xxii. 207 A carefully-sealed letter..would be despatched to the momentarily embarrassed one; if it was ignored an insidiously-worded offer of help followed up the first.

1965 ‘W. Trevor’ Boarding-house iv. 47 I was temporarily embarrassed..and passed him an IOU.

2008 A. Kirsch Benjamin Disraeli 101 Disraeli's embarrassed finances made him appreciate her substantial income and her house in London.

2. Feeling, expressing, or characterized by uncertainty; perplexed, confused, bewildered. Now rare. Earlier currency of this sense is perhaps shown by quot. 1677 at sense 1a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [adjective] > perplexed

disjointa1500

perplexeda1500

embarrassed1683

1683 D. A. Whole Art Converse 107 Their utterance is embarass'd and uneasie.

1747 tr. F. Hutcheson Short Introd. Moral Philos. i. vi. 89 How uncertain and imperfect are many sciences, leading the embarrassed mind into new obscurities.

1790 J. Purbeck Raynsford Park IV. lvii. 123 I myself was in a very embarrassed situation, not knowing how far my uncle's words alluded to me, or whether I ought to speak or remain silent.

1843 C. Dickens Christmas Carol iv. 140 When she asked him faintly what news.., he appeared embarrassed how to answer. ‘Is it good’, she said, ‘or bad?’—to help him.

1887 Manch. Weekly Times 13 Aug. 3/3 There is much sign of an embarrassed mind about the Squire. He looks puzzled, ‘perplexed in the extreme’.

1935 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 29 60 The national parties, through which the often perplexed and embarrassed voter must express himself in the performance of his ordinary electoral duties.

3. Of writing or speech: excessively intricate or complicated; obscure. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > obscurity > [adjective] > complex

intricate?a1500

crabby1550

implicate1555

crabbed1561

intortive1575

implexeda1620

network1675

tortious1682

embarrassed1695

implex1712

wimpleda1722

wrapped1787

hydriform1822

torturous1841

sinuous1853

tortuous1858

involuteda1910

1695 tr. P. Le Moyne Of Art of writing Hist. ix. 38 What he has said of Dogmatical Methods that are long oblique and embarrassed [Fr. ambarassées], cannot be affirmed of Examples that are short, straight and clear.

1760 J. Jortin Life Erasmus II. 623 The periods are rather too long, and embarassed.

1795 L. Murray Eng. Gram. App. 222 Embarrassed, obscure, and feeble sentences.

1815 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 293/2 His prolix, obscure, and embarrassed style.

1868 J. H. Blunt Reformation Church of Eng. I. 391 Subjects have been set aside..to prevent the narrative from becoming embarrassed.

1908 C. H. Caffin Appreciation of Drama iv. 88 He drags the poetry down to merely embarrassed prose.

1984 19th-Cent. Fiction 39 221 The first extant letter from Trollope asks Richard Bentley for help ‘in procuring the insertion of lucubrations of my own in any of the numerous periodical magazines &c’... Happily, Trollope dropped the silliness of this sort of embarrassed prose.

a. Feeling, expressing, or characterized by embarrassment (embarrassment n. 3); awkward, self-conscious. (Now the usual sense.)In early use sometimes difficult to distinguish from sense 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > feeling of shame > [adjective] > embarrassed

confounded1362

awkward1713

embarrassed1756

constrained1801

gêné1806

1756 Mem. Young Lady of Quality I. ii. 137 The Abbot..took my Hand, regarding me with a timorous embarrassed Look... Methought his Face seemed all in a Flame, and he began to tremble.

1763 C. Churchill Rosciad in Poems I. 21 Awkward, embarrass'd, stiff, without the skill Of moving gracefully.

1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey II. 198 I found myself as much embarrassed as it was possible the lady could be herself... The beds we were to lay in were in one and the same room.

1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. iv. 75 A blush on his cheek, and a humiliation of countenance, which endeavoured to disguise itself under an embarrassed smile.

1875 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life (ed. 2) vii. ix. 270 This led to a scene of which I was the embarrassed and unwilling witness.

1914 S. Lewis Our Mr. Wrenn viii. 97 With embarrassed politeness he glanced away from her as she threw back her head and inhaled deeply.

1960 L. Rainwater And Poor get Children iii. 31 I'd like a diaphragm but I'm just too embarrassed to go get one.

1995 D. Lodge Therapy 67 She was very embarrassed, and so was I when I perceived my faux pas.

2005 E. Barr Plan B (2006) i. 10 Often she had company... Occasionally I would bump into a conquest outside the bathroom and would exchange embarrassed greetings.

b. Of an organization, government, person, etc.: made to appear incompetent, inadequate, or less worthy of respect; humiliated.

ΚΠ

1927 Ogden (Utah) Standard Examiner 24 Sept. 6/3 When the Royalist leader..was released from prison by a trick telephone call, it was explained by the embarrassed government that the inspectors who listen in on telephone conversations were at lunch at the time.

1962 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 19 Mar. 8/6 All seven bids for construction of an irrigation system..were rejected as too high..by an admittedly embarrassed Board of Examiners.

1994 G. H. Cassar Asquith as War Leader ix. 168 The onslaught was so unrelenting and intense that the embarrassed Prime Minister withdrew the bill.

2002 Independent 28 May 3/1 An embarrassed Bank of England was forced to suspend the issue of its new, super secure £5 note yesterday when it discovered that serial numbers could be rubbed off.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	embarrassed
释义	embarrassedadj. Brit. /ɪmˈbarəst/, /ɛmˈbarəst/, U.S. /əmˈbɛrəst/, /ɛmˈbɛrəst/ Forms: see embarrass v. and -ed suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: embarrass v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: < embarrass v. + -ed suffix¹, originally after French †embarassé (1580 in Middle French; now embarrassé).In sense 3 after French †ambarassé (1670, in the passage translated in quot. 1695, or earlier in this sense), variant of embarrassé. 1. a. Affected or characterized by obstacles or difficulties; hampered, impeded, hindered. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [adjective] > hindered interrupt1412 letteda1425 hindered1644 impedite1662 embarrassed1677 obstructed1749 entrammelled1822 tucked up1888 snagged1977 1677 G. Miege New Dict. French & Eng. i. sig. Ff3/1 Embarassé, embarassed, cumbered, pestered, perplexed, troubled, confounded. 1715 A. Philips tr. Thousand & One Days III. 36 It is not the first time that I have been assisting to embarrassed Lovers. 1789 G. White Nat. Hist. Selborne 428 Pitiable seems the condition of this poor embarrassed reptile, to be cased in a suit of ponderous armour. 1822 P. Stansbury Pedestrian Tour ii. 38 Resolute and brave veteran soldiers, who were already beginning to suffer all the distress and fatigue, attendant upon an embarrassed army. 1892 A. T. Mahan Infl. Sea Power French Revol. & Empire I. xi. 358 The strife went on,—the embarrassed condition of the ‘Droits de l'Homme’ being increased by the fall of her mizzen mast at half-past ten. 1929 Pop. Sci. Monthly May 50/3 With small power and scant altitude, an embarrassed plane would have no chance to glide to safety. †b. Of a road, river, etc.: full of obstructions; blocked. Also: characterized by obstructions. Also figurative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > [adjective] > closed or shut > closed or blocked up > obstructed gorged?a1513 obstructed1611 embarrassed1698 choked1699 occluded1802 blocked1856 obturated1876 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [adjective] > full of hindrances barfula1616 embarrassed1891 1698 tr. J. Raveneau de Lussan Jrnl. Voy. South Sea vi. 162 The Road..itself was no other than a thick Forest..full of sharp Rocks..and embarassed with a great many Trees. 1700 R. Blackmore Paraphr. Job 50 Her Rooms of State, and Roofs of Cedar meet, Huddled in Ruin in th' embarrast Street. 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. xxiv. 295 Its [sc. a river's] Passage inward is..embarassed with Rocks. 1796 Instr. & Regulations Cavalry 243 If the ground is at all embarrassed, the line cannot incline. 1801 Monthly Mag. July 479/1 The West India trade, which, usually arriving in large fleets, contributed..to the crowded and embarrassed state of the river. 1830 E. E. Crowe Hist. France I. iii. 69 In the narrow streets and embarrassed passages the Egyptians rallied. 1891 R. H. Hutton Cardinal Newman ix. 178 Even if the faith aggravates the responsibility for the evil,..it leaves the way open to a much less embarrassed path of repentance. c. Having or characterized by financial difficulties. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > [adjective] > poor > lacking money to the boneOE silverlessc1325 pennilessc1330 moneylessc1400 impecunious1596 crossless1600 penceless1605 unmoneyed1606 coinless1614 emptya1643 out of pocket1679 money-bound1710 broke1716 embarrassed1744 stiver cramped1785 plackless1786 taper1789 poundlessa1794 shillingless1797 unpennied1804 fundless1809 impecuniary1814 hard up1821 soldier-thighed1825 cashless1833 stiverless1839 fly-blown1853 strapped1857 stick1859 tight1859 stone-broke1886 stony1886 oofless1888 stony-broke1890 motherless1906 penny-pinched1918 skinned1924 skint1925 on the beach1935 potless1936 boracic1959 uptight1967 brassic1982 1744 German Politicks 99 Nothing but the embarrassed State of Great-Britain, could encourage France to resume her ambitious Designs. 1773 Proc. Old Bailey 8 Sept. 385/1 I was taking every step to settle my affairs, which, I must own, from various incidents have continued embarrassed. 1800 European Mag. & London Rev. May 387/2 Mildmay is the friend of her brother, and is in such an embarrassed state, that he is obliged to fly into the country, from the pursuit of Bailiffs. 1861 H. A. Jacobs Incidents Life Slave Girl xli. 294 The doctor had died in embarrassed circumstances, and had little to will to his heirs. 1863 W. Fraser Mem. Maxwells of Pollok I. 484 When Sir James became embarrassed,..Alexander intervened to prevent the estates being sold to strangers. 1918 D. Flatau Yellow Souls xxii. 207 A carefully-sealed letter..would be despatched to the momentarily embarrassed one; if it was ignored an insidiously-worded offer of help followed up the first. 1965 ‘W. Trevor’ Boarding-house iv. 47 I was temporarily embarrassed..and passed him an IOU. 2008 A. Kirsch Benjamin Disraeli 101 Disraeli's embarrassed finances made him appreciate her substantial income and her house in London. 2. Feeling, expressing, or characterized by uncertainty; perplexed, confused, bewildered. Now rare. Earlier currency of this sense is perhaps shown by quot. 1677 at sense 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [adjective] > perplexed disjointa1500 perplexeda1500 embarrassed1683 1683 D. A. Whole Art Converse 107 Their utterance is embarass'd and uneasie. 1747 tr. F. Hutcheson Short Introd. Moral Philos. i. vi. 89 How uncertain and imperfect are many sciences, leading the embarrassed mind into new obscurities. 1790 J. Purbeck Raynsford Park IV. lvii. 123 I myself was in a very embarrassed situation, not knowing how far my uncle's words alluded to me, or whether I ought to speak or remain silent. 1843 C. Dickens Christmas Carol iv. 140 When she asked him faintly what news.., he appeared embarrassed how to answer. ‘Is it good’, she said, ‘or bad?’—to help him. 1887 Manch. Weekly Times 13 Aug. 3/3 There is much sign of an embarrassed mind about the Squire. He looks puzzled, ‘perplexed in the extreme’. 1935 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 29 60 The national parties, through which the often perplexed and embarrassed voter must express himself in the performance of his ordinary electoral duties. 3. Of writing or speech: excessively intricate or complicated; obscure. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > obscurity > [adjective] > complex intricate?a1500 crabby1550 implicate1555 crabbed1561 intortive1575 implexeda1620 network1675 tortious1682 embarrassed1695 implex1712 wimpleda1722 wrapped1787 hydriform1822 torturous1841 sinuous1853 tortuous1858 involuteda1910 1695 tr. P. Le Moyne Of Art of writing Hist. ix. 38 What he has said of Dogmatical Methods that are long oblique and embarrassed [Fr. ambarassées], cannot be affirmed of Examples that are short, straight and clear. 1760 J. Jortin Life Erasmus II. 623 The periods are rather too long, and embarassed. 1795 L. Murray Eng. Gram. App. 222 Embarrassed, obscure, and feeble sentences. 1815 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 293/2 His prolix, obscure, and embarrassed style. 1868 J. H. Blunt Reformation Church of Eng. I. 391 Subjects have been set aside..to prevent the narrative from becoming embarrassed. 1908 C. H. Caffin Appreciation of Drama iv. 88 He drags the poetry down to merely embarrassed prose. 1984 19th-Cent. Fiction 39 221 The first extant letter from Trollope asks Richard Bentley for help ‘in procuring the insertion of lucubrations of my own in any of the numerous periodical magazines &c’... Happily, Trollope dropped the silliness of this sort of embarrassed prose. 4. a. Feeling, expressing, or characterized by embarrassment (embarrassment n. 3); awkward, self-conscious. (Now the usual sense.)In early use sometimes difficult to distinguish from sense 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > feeling of shame > [adjective] > embarrassed confounded1362 awkward1713 embarrassed1756 constrained1801 gêné1806 1756 Mem. Young Lady of Quality I. ii. 137 The Abbot..took my Hand, regarding me with a timorous embarrassed Look... Methought his Face seemed all in a Flame, and he began to tremble. 1763 C. Churchill Rosciad in Poems I. 21 Awkward, embarrass'd, stiff, without the skill Of moving gracefully. 1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey II. 198 I found myself as much embarrassed as it was possible the lady could be herself... The beds we were to lay in were in one and the same room. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. iv. 75 A blush on his cheek, and a humiliation of countenance, which endeavoured to disguise itself under an embarrassed smile. 1875 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life (ed. 2) vii. ix. 270 This led to a scene of which I was the embarrassed and unwilling witness. 1914 S. Lewis Our Mr. Wrenn viii. 97 With embarrassed politeness he glanced away from her as she threw back her head and inhaled deeply. 1960 L. Rainwater And Poor get Children iii. 31 I'd like a diaphragm but I'm just too embarrassed to go get one. 1995 D. Lodge Therapy 67 She was very embarrassed, and so was I when I perceived my faux pas. 2005 E. Barr Plan B (2006) i. 10 Often she had company... Occasionally I would bump into a conquest outside the bathroom and would exchange embarrassed greetings. b. Of an organization, government, person, etc.: made to appear incompetent, inadequate, or less worthy of respect; humiliated. ΚΠ 1927 Ogden (Utah) Standard Examiner 24 Sept. 6/3 When the Royalist leader..was released from prison by a trick telephone call, it was explained by the embarrassed government that the inspectors who listen in on telephone conversations were at lunch at the time. 1962 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 19 Mar. 8/6 All seven bids for construction of an irrigation system..were rejected as too high..by an admittedly embarrassed Board of Examiners. 1994 G. H. Cassar Asquith as War Leader ix. 168 The onslaught was so unrelenting and intense that the embarrassed Prime Minister withdrew the bill. 2002 Independent 28 May 3/1 An embarrassed Bank of England was forced to suspend the issue of its new, super secure £5 note yesterday when it discovered that serial numbers could be rubbed off. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1677
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