Usually means: Causes someone to feel awkward.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word embarrasses:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. embarrasses: Merriam-Webster
  2. embarrasses: Collins English Dictionary
  3. embarrasses: Vocabulary.com
  4. Embarrasses, embarrasses: Wordnik
  5. embarrasses: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. embarrasses: Wiktionary
  7. embarrasses: Dictionary.com
  8. embarrasses: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. embarrasses: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. embarrasses: Legal dictionary

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. embarrasses: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. embarrasses: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. embarrasses: Idioms

(Note: See embarrass as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Embarrass)

verb:  (transitive) to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to abash.
verb:  (transitive) To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct.
verb:  (transitive) To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to encumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands.
verb:  (transitive, formal) To perplex mentally; confuse, disconcert; catch off guard.
noun:  A river or settlement in the United States:
noun:  A river in Minnesota, a tributary of the Saint Louis River.
noun:  A river in Wisconsin, a tributary of the Wolf River.
noun:  A township in Edgar County, Illinois.
noun:  A township and unincorporated community therein, in St. Louis County, Minnesota.
noun:  A village in Waupaca County, Wisconsin, located on the above river.
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