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
MirteMIR-təDutch
BrandaBRAN-dəEnglish (Rare)
Suhayl-Arabic
ShirleySHUR-leeEnglish
FarrellFAHR-əlEnglish
BjØRnBYUURNNorwegian, Danish