Definition of Abash

1. Verb. Cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious. "The performance is likely to abash Sue"

Exact synonyms: Embarrass
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

abarthroses
abarthrosis
abarticular
abarticulation
abarticulations
abas
abase
abased
abasedly
abasedness
abaser
abasers
abases
abash (current term)
abashed
abashedly
abashedness
abashes
abashing
abashless
abashlessly
abashment
abashments
abasht
abasi
abasia
abasia-astasia
abasia trepidans

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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