different between embarrass vs ashame

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French embarrasser (“to block, to obstruct”), from Spanish embarazar, from Portuguese embaraçar, from em- (“in”) (from Latin im-) + baraço (“noose, rope”), the latter ultimately being from Akkadian ???? (KEŠDA /rak?su/, “to tie”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?bæ.??s/
• (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /?m?b???s/
• Rhymes: -ær?s

Verb

embarrass (third-person singular simple present embarrasses, present participle embarrassing, simple past and past participle embarrassed)

1. (transitive) to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to disconcert; to abash

2. (transitive) To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct.
3. (transitive) To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to encumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands.

Synonyms

• (humiliate): abash, discomfit, disconcert, humiliate, shame
• See also Thesaurus:abash

Derived terms

• embarrassment

Translations

Further reading

• embarrass in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• embarrass in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• “embarrass”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

References

• “embarrass” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Old English ?s?amian, ?s?eamian, from ?- + s?eamian (“feel shame”), from Proto-Germanic *skam?nan, from *skam? (“shame, humiliation”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???e?m/
• Rhymes: -e?m

Verb

ashame (third-person singular simple present ashames, present participle ashaming, simple past and past participle ashamed)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To feel shame; to be ashamed.
2. (transitive, rare) To make ashamed; to shame.
   • 1740, The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle, Sylvanus Urban (ed.), vol 10, p. 245 (Google preview):

     I am young Woman indifferently well brought up in the Country, and might rai?e my fortune con?iderably had I not got ?uch a Habit of Sweating, which quite a?hames me, when in Company, to ?ee my Face of a dewy Sweat, and the generality complain of Cold.

   • 1860, Frederic W. Farrar, Julian Home: A Tale of College Life, p. 99 (Google preview):

     The notice annoyed and ashamed him.

   • 1983, Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard) Oct 18 - Dec 1, p. 399 (Google preview):

     If it is one Minister who has done it he has ashamed us all and the title "Minister" will not be respected anymore.

   • 2009, Steve Scott, Insiders - Outsiders, ?ISBN, pp. 36-37 (Google preview):

     They would think that I had abandoned them, that I could not handle the stress and pressure and this ashamed me immensely.

   • 2013 Sept. 24, Sudarsan Raghavan, "Kenyan officials say Nairobi mall siege is over," Washington Post (retrieved 30 Sept 2013):

     “As a nation, our head is bloodied but unbowed,” Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said in a televised address, declaring three days of mourning. “We have ashamed and defeated our attackers.”

References

• ashame at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Seaham