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abashed

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a·bash  (-bsh)
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·bashment n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.abashed - feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-consciousabashed - feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious; "felt abashed at the extravagant praise"; "chagrined at the poor sales of his book"; "was embarrassed by her child's tantrums"
discomposed - having your composure disturbed; "looked about with a wandering and discomposed air"

abashed
Translations
abashed [əˈbæʃt] ADJ (= shy) → tímido, retraído; (= ashamed) → avergonzado
to be abashed at sthavergonzarse de algo
he carried on not a bit abashedsiguió como si tal cosa

abashed [əˈbæʃt] adjconfus(e), embarrassé(e)

abashed
adjbeschämt; to feel abashedsich schämen

abashed [əˈbæʃt] adjimbarazzato/a

abashed
adj abashed [əˈbӕʃt]
(negativeunabashed) embarrassed He was abashed at the compliments he received. verleë مَخْجول засрамен v rozpacích forlegen; flov beschämt αμήχανος avergonzado, azorado hämmeldunud خجالت زده hämillään confus נָבוֹך लज्जित posramljen zavarban van malu vandræðalegur imbarazzato, confuso 当惑した 부끄러워, 당황하여 sumišęs samulsis; apmulsis silu verlegen forlegen zmieszany enleado fâstâcit смущённый v rozpakoch, v pomykove zbegan zbunjen förlägen อาย mahçup olmuş, utanmış 尷尬的,困窘的 збентежений شرمساری bối rối 愧,


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The people assembled; Mahomet called the hill to come to him, again and again; and when the hill stood still, he was never a whit abashed, but said, If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill.
I was not so easily abashed as I had been some years earlier.
Of course their modesty was not fated to be long- lived, but for a moment they were abashed.
 
 
 
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