abash
v. disconcert, make someone feel ashamed, embarrass | ||||
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Abash Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Abash
(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.
(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.
| WordNet 2.0 |
abash
Verb
1. cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
(synonym) embarrass
(hypernym) upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit
(hyponym) confuse, flurry, disconcert, put off
(derivation) abashment, bashfulness
Verb
1. cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
(synonym) embarrass
(hypernym) upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit
(hyponym) confuse, flurry, disconcert, put off
(derivation) abashment, bashfulness
| hEnglish - advanced version |
abash
abash
\a*bash"\ (&adot;*băsh"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. abashed (&adot;*băsht"); p. pr. & vb. n. abashing.] [oe. abaissen, abaisshen, abashen, of. esbahir, f. ébahir, to astonish, fr. l. ex + the interjection bah, expressing astonishment. in oe. somewhat confused with abase. cf. finish.] 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. abashed, the devil stood, and felt how awful goodness is. he was a man whom no check could abash.
abash
\a*bash"\ (&adot;*băsh"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. abashed (&adot;*băsht"); p. pr. & vb. n. abashing.] [oe. abaissen, abaisshen, abashen, of. esbahir, f. ébahir, to astonish, fr. l. ex + the interjection bah, expressing astonishment. in oe. somewhat confused with abase. cf. finish.] 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. abashed, the devil stood, and felt how awful goodness is. he was a man whom no check could abash.
| Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1 |
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