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стесняться v stresses
gen.	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); 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; balk at (He didn't even balk at drawing comparisons... – Он даже не постеснялся сравнить...  Abysslooker)
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
стеснять v
gen.	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); embarrass
account.	squeeze
auto.	hinder
book.	discommode
construct.	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
mech.	constrict (поток газа или жидкости)
obs.	incage; incommodate; prease; serr; strait; streight; strait waistcoat
стесняясь v
context.	awkwardly (q3mi4)

стесняться: 166 phrases in 21 subjects

American usage, not spelling	2
Construction	1
Corporate governance	1
Equestrian sports	1
Fish farming pisciculture	2
General	104
Idiomatic	4
Informal	4
Makarov	28
Maritime law & Law of the Sea	2
Mass media	3
Military	1
Music	1
Nonstandard	1
Obsolete / dated	3
Philippines	1
Politics	1
Psychology	2
Road works	1
Sakhalin	1
Slang	2