Meaning of embarras | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Embarrassment; confusion, uncertainty.
   archaic, countable, uncountable
2. An embarrassment; an obstacle or hindrance.
   archaic, countable, uncountable
3. Embarrassment; intense social awkwardness.
   archaic, countable, uncountable
4. A clump of driftwood obstructing a waterway.
   Canada, US, archaic, countable, historical, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“I […] envy & sympathise—being in all sorts of embarrass now, myself, over the finish of many things.”

“[O]ne day in his way to the opera, his chariot was stopped by an embarras in the street, occasioned by two peasants, who having driven their carts against each other, quarrelled, and went to loggerheads on the spot.”

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