embarrasser

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noun

One who embarrasses (someone or something).

OriginEnglish embarrass ← French embarrasser →
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Meanings

nounembarrasser (plural embarrassers)

plural embarrassers

  1. One who embarrasses (someone or something).

    Then, all these embarrassers of my ministry and I are hardly made to pull together, so that I thanked him for the high honor, placing myself at the disposal of the Cabinet for anything else.

    1884 June 12, “Massimo d’Azeglio’s Letters to His Nephew”, in The Nation: A Weekly Journal Devoted to Politics, Literature, Science, & Art, volume XXXVIII, number 989, New York, N.Y.: The Evening Post Publishing Company, page 509, column 2

Origin

  1. Frenchembarrasser
  2. Englishembarrass
  3. Englishembarrasser

From embarrass + -er.

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Chicago

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