Definition of Abashed

1. Adjective. Feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious. "Was embarrassed by her child's tantrums"

Exact synonyms: Chagrined, Embarrassed
Similar to: Discomposed

Definition of Abashed

1. Adjective. Embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed. ¹

2. Verb. (past of abash) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Abashed

1. abash [v] - See also: abash

Lexicographical Neighbors of Abashed

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

Literary usage of Abashed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1812)
"If this man who ' was not man,' had been now living, and if ' unbelief stood abashed at his presence,' we should have recommended the experiment to be tried ..."

2. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Supplementary Volume[s]. by John Lawson Stoddard (1903)
"... the astonished chatelain and his guests, rebuked them for their shameless sacrilege. Not in the least abashed, the SCHLOSS FORST, THE RIVER' ETSCH, ..."

3. Letters of George Meredith by George Meredith (1912)
"take to her. I never touched so pure and so conscience- clear a heart. My own is almost abashed to think itself beloved by such a creature. ..."

4. The Mirrour of Vertue in Worldly Greatness; Or, The Life of Sir Thomas More by William Roper (1903)
"In good faith they pleased me nothing, nor I wist not what to say, for I was abashed of his answer. And I see no better suit than to Almighty God, ..."

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