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abash
/əˈbæʃ/
verb 2
Collocations
2VERB + ABASH
appeared, check, seemed, stare
ABASH + NOUN
boy, poirot
Definitions
verb
1
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.
He was a man whom no check could abash
The stare seemed to abash Poirot.
2
To lose self-possession; to become ashamed.
[...] as King Uther lay by his queen, he asked her, by the faith she owed to him, whose was the body; then she sore abashed to give answer.
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Synonyms
verb — cause to be embarrassed
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
401
He was a man whom no check could abash
Wiktionary02
The stare seemed to abash Poirot.
Wiktionary03
[...] as King Uther lay by his queen, he asked her, by the faith she owed to him, whose was the body; then she sore abashed to give answer.
Wiktionary04
The titter that rippled around the room appeared to abash the boy.
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