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abash

/əˈbæʃ/

verb

Meaning

  • 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.

  • To lose self-possession; to become ashamed.

Synonyms

bewilder,
confound,
confuse,
daunt,
discompose,
disconcert,
discountenance,
dishearten,
embarrass,
faze,
fluster,
humble,
humiliate,
mortify,
rattle,
shake,
shame,
snub