disembarrass
/'disim'bærəs/
Definition
- Verb:
- To free from embarrassment, difficulty, or something burdensome: To relieve someone or something from a state of embarrassment, perplexity, or an unwanted burden.
- To extricate or rid of something troublesome: To remove or disentangle from an encumbrance, annoyance, or complication.
Usage
- The verb "disembarrass" is transitive and typically followed by a direct object. It is often used with the prepositions "of" or "from" to specify what one is being freed from.
- It is a formal and somewhat literary word, less common in everyday speech than synonyms like "rid" or "free."
Examples
Advanced Usage
- "to disembarrass oneself of/from something": A reflexive construction meaning to deliberately free oneself from a burden.
- He disembarrassed himself of all his old prejudices.
- Used in formal or written contexts to convey a deliberate act of removal or liberation from a complex or awkward situation.
Variants and Related Words
- Disembarrassment (n): The act of freeing or the state of being freed from embarrassment or difficulty.
- The disembarrassment from debt was a great relief.
Synonyms
- Rid: To make someone or something free from a troublesome or unwanted person or thing.
- Extricate: To free someone or something from a constraint or difficulty.
- Disencumber: To free from a burden or obstruction.
- Relieve: To cause a lessening or alleviation of something painful, troubling, or burdensome.
Antonyms
- Burden: To load heavily.
- Encumber: To restrict or burden someone or something in such a way that free action or movement is difficult.
- Entangle: To cause to become twisted together with or caught in.
Related Phrases
- To disembarrass one's mind of doubt: To clear one's mind of uncertainty.
- She needed to disembarrass her mind of doubt before making the final decision.
Verb
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relieve from
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Rid the house of pests
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