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abashed en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /əˈbæʃt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Meanings

  1. Embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed.
    • So spake the Lord Goldry Bluszco, standing in great pride and splendour beneath the starry canopy, and scowling terribly on the Ambassador from Witchland, so that the Ambassador was abashed and his knees smote together. 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 14:
    • The scanty garments of fig-leaves with which our abashed first parents sought to conceal their nakedness. 1918, James George Frazer, Folk-Lore In The Old Testament, volume 1, page 5:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most abashed Degree=Sup lexicographic
abasht alternative, obsolete lexicographic
more abashed Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

abashedly · unabashed · abashedness · bashful

Translations (47)

cmn 羞愧 (embarrassed) · cmn 尷尬 /尴尬 (embarrassed) · it turbato (embarrassed) · fi hämillään (embarrassed) · fa خجالت زده (embarrassed) · nl beschaamd (embarrassed) · ru сконфу́женный (embarrassed) · bg смутен (embarrassed) · ru смущённый (embarrassed) · nl op zijn neus kijkend (embarrassed) · it imbarazzato (embarrassed) · ms malu (embarrassed) · fi hämmentynyt (embarrassed) · ru расте́рянный (embarrassed) · de beschämt (embarrassed) · nl beteuterd (embarrassed) · ca avergonyit (embarrassed) · gv nearit (embarrassed) · it confuso (embarrassed) · fr confus (embarrassed) · mk засрамен (embarrassed) · ru пристыжённый (embarrassed) · ru смеша́вшийся (embarrassed) · sh postiđen (embarrassed) · pl zmieszany (embarrassed) · nl verlegen (embarrassed) · fa شرمسار (embarrassed) · sh posramljen (embarrassed) · fr décontenancé (embarrassed) · bg засрамен (embarrassed) · io timidigita (embarrassed) · is vandræðalegur (embarrassed) · pl speszony (embarrassed) · mi koari (embarrassed) · no beskjemmet (embarrassed) · es avergonzado (embarrassed) · cmn 尴尬 (embarrassed) · ms مالو (embarrassed) · pt envergonhado (embarrassed) · de verlegen (embarrassed) · no skamfull (embarrassed) · pl zawstydzony (embarrassed) · io shamigita (embarrassed) · no forlegen (embarrassed) · sh посрамљен (embarrassed) · cs nesvůj (embarrassed) · nl in verlegenheid (embarrassed)

abashed en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /əˈbæʃt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • (US) audio

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of abash
    form of abash

Forms

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abasht alternative, obsolete lexicographic

Synonyms

dumbfounded (synonyms of "abashed") · confused (synonyms of "abashed") · discomposed (synonyms of "abashed") · dismayed (synonyms of "abashed") · humiliated (synonyms of "abashed") · embarrassed (synonyms of "abashed") · perturbed (synonyms of "abashed") · out of countenance (synonyms of "abashed") · ashamed (synonyms of "abashed") · discountenanced (synonyms of "abashed") · nonplussed (synonyms of "abashed") · mortified (synonyms of "abashed") · disconcerted (synonyms of "abashed") · discomfited (synonyms of "abashed") · shamefaced (synonyms of "abashed") · taken aback (synonyms of "abashed") · confounded (synonyms of "abashed")