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embarrasses

  • present tense form
    of embarrass (3rd person singular).
    embarrass
    verb (used with object)
    to cause confusion and shame to; make uncomfortably self-conscious; disconcert; abash.

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Or from locking up Mick Cronin through 2030, even though UCLA’s prickly basketball coach embarrasses the university annually and hasn’t reached a Sweet 16 since 2023.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

I guess he is about 80, but the answer he gives embarrasses me.

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2025

"The seizure of envelopes with money in the office of a person I chose hurts me... embarrasses me before the Portuguese and I have a duty to apologise," Costa said.

From Reuters ● Nov. 11, 2023

“As a Nebraskan, it embarrasses me,” Wynn wrote.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2023

It embarrasses me to write that, but it’s true.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan