embarrass into doing



embarrass someone into doing something

to shame someone into doing something. They tried to embarrass me into doing it, but I resisted. Juan tried to embarrass Fred into going home early.
See also: embarrass

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Marcella-Italian, German, Ancient Roman
ThorbenTAWR-ben (German)Danish, German
Hajar-Arabic
Richa-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Bengali
Melia-Greek Mythology
Flora['flɔ:rə]