embarrass
verb (used with object)
to cause confusion and shame to; make uncomfortably self-conscious; disconcert; abash.
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
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However, claims the ads may have appeared next to illegal content will have embarrassed Unilever, which bought the brand in 2016.
From BBC ā Nov. 3, 2019