[
  {
    "word": "embarrass",
    "phonetic": "/\u026am\u02c8b\u00e6.\u0279\u0259s/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u026am\u02c8b\u00e6.\u0279\u0259s/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/embarrass-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=192271",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to disconcert; to abash",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The crowd's laughter and jeers embarrassed him."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The motion was advanced in order to embarrass the progress of the bill."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to encumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "A man or his business is embarrassed when he cannot meet his pecuniary engagements."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "abash",
          "discomfit",
          "disconcert",
          "humiliate",
          "shame"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/embarrass"
    ]
  }
]