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a⋅bashed
[uh-basht] 
–adjective
| ashamed or embarrassed; disconcerted: My clumsiness left me abashed. |
a⋅bash
[uh-bash] –verb (used with object)
| to destroy the self-confidence, poise, or self-possession of; disconcert; make ashamed or embarrassed: to abash someone by sneering. |
Origin:
1275–1325; ME abaishen < dial. OF abacher, OF abaissier to put down, bring low (see abase ), perh. conflated with AF abaiss-, long s. of abair, OF esba(h)ir to gape, marvel, amaze (es- ex- 1 + -ba(h)ir, alter. of baer to open wide, gape < VL *batāre; cf. bay 2 , bay 3 )
1275–1325; ME abaishen < dial. OF abacher, OF abaissier to put down, bring low (see abase ), perh. conflated with AF abaiss-, long s. of abair, OF esba(h)ir to gape, marvel, amaze (es- ex- 1 + -ba(h)ir, alter. of baer to open wide, gape < VL *batāre; cf. bay 2 , bay 3 )
Related forms:
a⋅bash⋅ment, noun
Synonyms:
shame, discompose, embarrass.
shame, discompose, embarrass.
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| a·bash (ə-bāsh') tr.v. a·bashed, a·bash·ing, a·bash·es To make ashamed or uneasy; disconcert. See Synonyms at embarrass. [Middle English abaishen, to lose one's composure, from Old French esbahir, esbahiss- : es-, intensive pref. (from Latin ex-; see ex-) + baer, to gape; see bay2.] a·bash'ment n. |
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