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- Dictionaryabash/əˈbaʃ/
verb
- 1. make (someone) feel embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed: "if anything was officially done or said to him, it did not abash him"
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ABASH definition: 1. to embarrass someone or make them feel uncomfortable: 2. to embarrass someone or make them feel…. Learn more.
The meaning of ABASH is to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert. How to use abash in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Abash.
Abash definition: to destroy the self-confidence, poise, or self-possession of; disconcert; make ashamed or embarrassed. See examples of ABASH used in a sentence.
noun. Word origin. ME abaishen < OFr esbahir, to astonish < es-, intens. (< L ex-) + stem of baer, to gape: see bay 2. Word Frequency. abash in American English. (əˈbæʃ) transitive verb. to destroy the self-confidence, poise, or self-possession of; disconcert; make ashamed or embarrassed. to abash someone by sneering.
Although abash sounds like a big party or what firefighters do to get through a locked door, abash is, in fact, a verb that means you have caused another person to feel awkward, bashful, embarrassed, or ashamed.
Define abash. abash synonyms, abash pronunciation, abash translation, English dictionary definition of abash. tr.v. a·bashed , a·bash·ing , a·bash·es To make ashamed or uneasy; disconcert. See Synonyms at embarrass. a·bash′ment n.
To make ashamed; to embarrass; to destroy the self-possession of, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to disconcert; to discomfit. [First attested from around (1150 to 1350).] "He was a man whom no check could abash." – Thomas Babington Macaulay.
verb. (tr; usually passive) to cause to feel ill at ease, embarrassed, or confused; make ashamed.
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make (someone) feel embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed:. Meaning, pronunciation and example sentences, English to English reference content.
