disembarrass

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disembarrass

/ˌdɪs.ɛmˈbæɹ.əs/ UK
/-em-/ UK
/-ˈbaɹ-/ UK
/ˌdɪs.ɛmˈbæɹ.əs/ US
/ˌdɪs.ɛmˈbɛɹ.əs/ US
/ˌdɪs.ɛmˈbɛɹ.əs/ Canada
/ˌdɪs.emˈbæɹ.əs/ Australia
/ˌdəs.emˈbɛɹ.əs/ New Zealand
/ˌdɪs.ɛmˈbaɾ.əs/ Scotland
/ˌdɪs.ɛmˈbaɾ.ʌs/ Scotland
/ˌɖɪs.ɛ(ː)mˈba(ː)ɾ.as/ India

Rhymes with -æɹəs

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From dis- + embarrass. Possibly a calque of French désembarrasser. First attested in 1726 (sense 1).

verb disembarrasses · disembarrassing · disembarrassed

transitive To get (someone) out of a difficult or embarrassing situation; to free (someone) from the embarrassment (of a situation); (often reflexive) to relieve (someone of a burden, item of clothing, etc.). 1726, George Berkeley, letter to Thomas Prior dated 6 February, 1726, in The Works of George Berkeley, London: G. Robinson, Volume 1, p. xliv, […] I hope […] that you will have disembarrassed yourself of all sort of business that may detain you here, and so be ready to go with us […]
Similar: disburden, disencumber, extricate
obsolete, transitive To free (something) from complication. 1719, uncredited editor, A Collection of Tracts Concerning Predestination and Providence, Cambridge University Press, Preface, […] that we might disembarrass the Style as much as possible, we have taken the liberty to transpose Parentheses and other perplexed Passages, so as to clear and reduce them
obsolete, transitive To disentangle (two things); to distinguish. 1751, William Warburton, commentary on An Essay on Man in The Works of Alexander Pope, London: J. & P. Knapton et al., Volume 3, p. 63, […] though it be difficult to distinguish genuine Virtue from spurious, they having both the same appearance, and both the same public effects, yet they may be dise

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verb free from embarrassment or release from a burden

Français	désembarrasser

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@misc{disembarrass_2026,
  title = {disembarrass},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/disembarrass},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}