стеснять

hamper; astrict; clog; confine; straighten; thrust; be in a person's way (кого-л.); constrain; restrain; cramp; trouble; press (часто pass.); cumber; tighten; incommode; shackle; straiten; tie down; crimp (чью-либо свободу действий); discomfort; encumber; fetter; throttle; embarrass (движения); cramp style (кого-либо Anglophile); trammel; disoblige; pinch; peg down; tie; inconvenience (I don't want to inconvenience you – я не хочу вас стеснять Рина Грант)

account.

crowd; inhibit; inconvenience; narrow

fig.

oppress

Gruzovik, fig.

oppress (impf of стеснить)

Makarov.

constrain (движения); constrict; handicap; incumber; lay constraint (on); obstruct; press together; prevent; restrict; impede; pinch (кого-либо); tie up; cramp

mech.

constrict (поток газа или жидкости)

mil., obs.

stunt

obs.

incage; incommodate; prease; serr; strait; streight; strait waistcoat

hesitate; be ashamed of; scruple (на что-либо); be uncomfortable with (attention – внимания к себе q3mi4); have scruples (сделать что-либо); feel shy; be embarrassed (Taras); feel embarrassed (Taras); grow difficult; constrain; constrict; cramp; crowd; cut down; embarrass; hamper; hinder; inconvenience; inhibit; limit oneself; restrain; restrict; be ashamed (to); feel bad (teterevaann); be self-conscious (чего-либо; of • I've always been self-conscious of my height SirReal); cringe (Taras); have scruples (на что-либо); balk at (с отрицанием – действовать бесцеремонно, беззастенчиво по отношению к кому-либо в каком-либо отношении • He didn't even balk at drawing comparisons... – Он даже не постеснялся сравнить... Abysslooker); hold back (с отрицанием, в значении "действовать бесцеремонно" Abysslooker); make strange with (о детях sea holly); clog; narrow; be on thorns; sit upon thorns; go out of one's way; feel uneasy; feel awkward; feel self-conscious; be afraid (with inf., to); be shy (with gen., in the presence of); be crowded together; spare (with в + prepl.); use sparingly

Gruzovik

be shy (impf of постесняться); crowd together (impf of стесниться); limit oneself (impf of стесниться); of breathing grow difficult (impf of стесниться); be ashamed to (impf of постесняться)

ed.

be shy (with somebody); be bashful; be diffident (about something)

fig.

oppress

Gruzovik, uncom.

economize (в знач. "стеснять себя (во всем из экономии)")

humor.

work the delicate flower act (The spotlight is the last thing you want right now, but there you are! Rather than work the delicate flower act, try being assertive. VLZ_58)

inf.

squeeze

Makarov.

be constrained; be constricted; be crowded; be hampered; be hindered; be impeded; be obstructed; be restricted; become labored (of breathing); restrict oneself; feel too shy; crowd together; be ashamed to; become laboured (of breathing); have scruples

стесняясь v

context.

awkwardly (q3mi4)

стеснять

: 170 phrases in 21 subjects

American usage, not spelling	2
Cliche / convention	2
Construction	1
Corporate governance	1
Equestrian sports	1
Fish farming pisciculture	2
General	105
Idiomatic	4
Informal	5
Makarov	28
Maritime law & Law of the Sea	2
Mass media	3
Military	2
Music	1
Nonstandard	1
Obsolete / dated	3
Philippines	1
Politics	1
Psychology	2
Sakhalin	1
Slang	2