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Definition of Abash
1. Verb. Cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious. "The performance is likely to abash Sue"
Generic synonyms: Discomfit, Discompose, Disconcert, Untune, Upset
Specialized synonyms: Confuse, Disconcert, Flurry, Put Off
Derivative terms: Abashment, Embarrassment
Definition of Abash
1. v. t. To destroy the self-possession of; to confuse or confound, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to put to shame; to disconcert; to discomfit.
Definition of Abash
1. Verb. (transitive) To make ashamed; to embarrass; to destroy the self-possession of; to confuse or confound, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to put to shame; to disconcert; to discomfit. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive obsolete) To lose self-possession; to become ashamed. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Abash
1. to make ashamed or embarrassed [v -ED, -ING, -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abash
Literary usage of Abash
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian: Concerning the Kingdoms and by Marco Polo, Henri Cordier, Henry Yule (1903)
"TREATING OF THE GREAT PROVINCE OF abash WHICH IS MIDDLE INDIA, AND IS ON THE
MAINLAND. abash is a very great Province, and you must know that it constitutes ..."
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