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 Translation for 'embarrass' from English to Russian
VERB   to embarrass | embarrassed | embarrassed
embarrassing | embarrasses
SYNO to abash | to block | to blockade | ...
смущать [несов.] [приводить в замешательство]to embarrass sb.
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поставить в неловкое положениеto embarrass
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Usage Examples English
  • A 2002 book suggests the jewels were stolen as a Unionist plot to embarrass the Liberal government, and later secretly returned to the Royal Family.
  • The producers tried to avoid any storylines that would embarrass the two surviving children of Temple Houston who were still living when the series aired.
  • With the advent of the Internet and readily available global news services, April Fools' pranks can catch and embarrass a wider audience than ever before. due to the Portuguese influence.
  • This leads to an awkward conversation in the hall, and then escalating attempts to embarrass each other on the plane the next day.
  • In Brazil, there is no legal restriction on naming a newborn child, unless the personal name has a meaning that can humiliate or embarrass those who bear it.

  • Poles used for public ridicule are usually called shame poles, and were created to embarrass individuals or groups for their unpaid debts or when they did something wrong.
  • In 1942, Stepaniv led the statistics department in Lviv. She gathered and published data and it was said that the publications were intended to embarrass the country's occupiers.
  • The tone of the exhibition was debated with Estanislao Zeballos of the exhibition organising committee arguing that war trophies that could embarrass potentially participating nations (Brazil and Paraguay) be excluded.
  • Diane leaks a document to embarrass the government about its plans for media ownership. The Prime Minister appoints her as Minister to the Arts in order to control her.
  • Nucky makes a speech for a Memorial Day observance. He surprises Jimmy by inviting him to speak on stage, apparently to embarrass him, but Jimmy does an acceptable job.

  • Current councillor Polly Morgan is a known Greens operative, who searches social media constantly, creating political dossiers on opponents to attempt to embarrass them.
  • Governments have also sought to ban certain books which they perceive to contain material that could threaten, embarrass, or criticize them.
  • "School Newspaper": On Madman's order, Robot Jones gets a job for the school newspaper and ends up writing stories that embarrass the principal.
  • Some of the letters that he wrote were intercepted and used to embarrass Edmund Randolph.
  • A boy invents a lie detector that works exactly as intended. His friend uses it on the two richest children in his class, hoping to embarrass them.

  • Oliveira claimed the "R" rated film would embarrass her adolescent children.
  • "Beezy 2.0": Worried that Beezy will embarrass him at a new statue unveiling, Lucius attempts to reform Beezy into a gentleman, with some help from Butley.
  • Zhang Fei likes to embarrass him whenever he is around a girl.
  • In 1983 it began an all-source program targeting Soviet prison camp system, with the specific intent of issuing a study that would embarrass the Soviets.
  • Jenkins from Puebla ‘arrested’ to embarrass the Carranza government; demonstrating to the U.S.

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