Definition of "embarrass" []

• To cause to feel self-conscious or ill at ease; disconcert: Meeting adults embarrassed the shy child. (verb-transitive)
• To involve in or hamper with financial difficulties. (verb-transitive)
• To hinder with obstacles or difficulties; impede. (verb-transitive)
• To complicate. (verb-transitive)
• To interfere with (a bodily function) or impede the function of (a body part). (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "And when I use the word embarrass, I use that because it is very politically controversial, very, especially now with this NSA story out there."
• "Walk naked until Brick has serviced you, or does the idea embarrass you?"
• "O'Keefe was arrested while trying to implement one of his schemes inside the office of Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu, and when his attempt to "embarrass" a CNN reporter with a sexually suggestive scenario was exposed, Breitbart tried to distance himself."