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Disembarrassment
Disembarrassment Dis`em*bar"rass*ment, n.
Freedom or relief from impediment or perplexity.
EmbarrassEmbarrass Em*bar"rass, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embarrassed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Embarrassing.] [F. embarrasser (cf. Sp.
embarazar, Pg. embara?ar, Pr. barras bar); pref. em- (L. in)
+ LL. barra bar. See Bar.]
1. To hinder from freedom of thought, speech, or action by
something which impedes or confuses mental action; to
perplex; to discompose; to disconcert; as, laughter may
embarrass an orator.
2. To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to
obstruct; as, business is embarrassed; public affairs are
embarrassed.
3. (Com.) To involve in difficulties concerning money
matters; to incumber with debt; to beset with urgent
claims or demands; -- said of a person or his affairs; as,
a man or his business is embarrassed when he can not meet
his pecuniary engagements.
Syn: To hinder; perplex; entangle; confuse; puzzle;
disconcert; abash; distress. -- To Embarrass,
Puzzle, Perplex. We are puzzled when our faculties
are confused by something we do not understand. We are
perplexed when our feelings, as well as judgment, are so
affected that we know not how to decide or act. We are
embarrassed when there is some bar or hindrance upon us
which impedes our powers of thought, speech, or motion.
A schoolboy is puzzled by a difficult sum; a reasoner is
perplexed by the subtleties of his opponent; a youth is
sometimes so embarrassed before strangers as to lose his
presence of mind. EmbarrassEmbarrass Em*bar"rass, n. [F. embarras. See Embarrass, v.
t.]
Embarrassment. [Obs.] --Bp. Warburton. EmbarrassedEmbarrass Em*bar"rass, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embarrassed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Embarrassing.] [F. embarrasser (cf. Sp.
embarazar, Pg. embara?ar, Pr. barras bar); pref. em- (L. in)
+ LL. barra bar. See Bar.]
1. To hinder from freedom of thought, speech, or action by
something which impedes or confuses mental action; to
perplex; to discompose; to disconcert; as, laughter may
embarrass an orator.
2. To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to
obstruct; as, business is embarrassed; public affairs are
embarrassed.
3. (Com.) To involve in difficulties concerning money
matters; to incumber with debt; to beset with urgent
claims or demands; -- said of a person or his affairs; as,
a man or his business is embarrassed when he can not meet
his pecuniary engagements.
Syn: To hinder; perplex; entangle; confuse; puzzle;
disconcert; abash; distress. -- To Embarrass,
Puzzle, Perplex. We are puzzled when our faculties
are confused by something we do not understand. We are
perplexed when our feelings, as well as judgment, are so
affected that we know not how to decide or act. We are
embarrassed when there is some bar or hindrance upon us
which impedes our powers of thought, speech, or motion.
A schoolboy is puzzled by a difficult sum; a reasoner is
perplexed by the subtleties of his opponent; a youth is
sometimes so embarrassed before strangers as to lose his
presence of mind. EmbarrassingEmbarrass Em*bar"rass, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embarrassed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Embarrassing.] [F. embarrasser (cf. Sp.
embarazar, Pg. embara?ar, Pr. barras bar); pref. em- (L. in)
+ LL. barra bar. See Bar.]
1. To hinder from freedom of thought, speech, or action by
something which impedes or confuses mental action; to
perplex; to discompose; to disconcert; as, laughter may
embarrass an orator.
2. To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to
obstruct; as, business is embarrassed; public affairs are
embarrassed.
3. (Com.) To involve in difficulties concerning money
matters; to incumber with debt; to beset with urgent
claims or demands; -- said of a person or his affairs; as,
a man or his business is embarrassed when he can not meet
his pecuniary engagements.
Syn: To hinder; perplex; entangle; confuse; puzzle;
disconcert; abash; distress. -- To Embarrass,
Puzzle, Perplex. We are puzzled when our faculties
are confused by something we do not understand. We are
perplexed when our feelings, as well as judgment, are so
affected that we know not how to decide or act. We are
embarrassed when there is some bar or hindrance upon us
which impedes our powers of thought, speech, or motion.
A schoolboy is puzzled by a difficult sum; a reasoner is
perplexed by the subtleties of his opponent; a youth is
sometimes so embarrassed before strangers as to lose his
presence of mind. Embarrassment
Embarrassment Em*bar"rass*ment, n. [F. embarrassement.]
1. A state of being embarrassed; perplexity; impediment to
freedom of action; entanglement; hindrance; confusion or
discomposure of mind, as from not knowing what to do or to
say; disconcertedness.
The embarrassment which inexperienced minds have
often to express themselves upon paper. --W. Irving.
The embarrassments tom commerce growing out of the
late regulations. --Bancroft.
2. Difficulty or perplexity arising from the want of money to
pay debts.
Inductive embarrassmentInductive In*duct"ive, a. [LL. inductivus: cf. F. inductif.
See Induce.]
1. Leading or drawing; persuasive; tempting; -- usually
followed by to.
A brutish vice, Inductive mainly to the sin of Eve.
--Milton.
2. Tending to induce or cause. [R.]
They may be . . . inductive of credibility. --Sir M.
Hale.
3. Leading to inferences; proceeding by, derived from, or
using, induction; as, inductive reasoning.
4. (Physics)
(a) Operating by induction; as, an inductive electrical
machine.
(b) Facilitating induction; susceptible of being acted
upon by induction; as certain substances have a great
inductive capacity.
Inductive embarrassment (Physics), the retardation in
signaling on an electric wire, produced by lateral
induction.
Inductive philosophy or method. See Philosophical
induction, under Induction.
Inductive sciences, those sciences which admit of, and
employ, the inductive method, as astronomy, botany,
chemistry, etc. Unembarrassed
Unembarrassed Un`em*bar"rassed, a.
Not embarrassed. Specifically:
(a) Not perplexed in mind; not confused; as, the speaker
appeared unembarrassed.
(b) Free from pecuniary difficulties or encumbrances; as, he
and his property are unembarrassed.
(c) Free from perplexing connection; as, the question comes
into court unembarrassed with irrelevant matter.
Unembarrassment
Unembarrassment Un`em*bar"rass*ment, n.
Freedom from embarrassment.
Meaning of Embarras from wikipedia
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Embarras is a term used by
French explorers in
North America for
river obstacles such as blockages, logjams, etc.
Embarras may also
refer to: Embarras...
- used the
French word,
embarras, for
river navigation obstacles, blockages, and
difficulties relating to logjams. The
Embarras River rises in Champaign...
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flows freely for 411
miles (661 km) The
Tippecanoe River,
White River,
Embarras River and
Little Wabash River are
major tributaries. The river's name comes...
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River Fox
River Salt Cr****
Bonpas Cr****
Embarras River (Illinois)
North Fork
Embarras River Little Embarras River Little Vermilion River Vermilion River...
- Vincennes,
responding to an
attack on a
river boat,
attacked Natives along the
Embarras River; the
Americans had
three men
killed in the skirmish. As hostilities...
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Embarras Airport,
formerly TC LID: CFN4, was
located 34
nautical miles (63 km; 39 mi)
south of
Embarras, Alberta, Canada.
Canada Flight Supplement. Effective...
- The
Embarras River is a
short river in west-central Alberta, Canada. The
river likely derived its name from the
French word for obstruction,
because it...
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Embarras River may
refer to:
Embarras River (Alberta), a
river in
Canada Embarras River (Illinois), a
river in the
United States Embarr****
River (disambiguation)...
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Cheecham Christina Crossing Corbetts Devenish Dog Head
Draper Egg Lake
Embarras Embarras Portage Fitzgerald Fitzgerald 196
Fitzgerald Settlement Fort Smith...
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Villa Grove is a city in
Douglas County, Illinois,
along the
Embarras River. The po****tion was 2,472 at the 2020 census.
Villa Grove was
chartered in...
