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- Dictionarya·bash/əˈbaSH/
verb
- 1. make (someone) feel embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed: "if anything was officially done or said to him, it did not abash him"
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The meaning of ABASH is to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert. How to use abash in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Abash.
ABASH definition: 1. to embarrass someone or make them feel uncomfortable: 2. to embarrass someone or make them feel…. Learn more.
Although abash sounds like a big party or what firefighters do to get through a locked door, abash is, in fact, a verb that means you have caused another person to feel awkward, bashful, embarrassed, or ashamed.
Abash definition: to destroy the self-confidence, poise, or self-possession of; disconcert; make ashamed or embarrassed. See examples of ABASH used in a sentence.
noun. Word origin. ME abaishen < OFr esbahir, to astonish < es-, intens. (< L ex-) + stem of baer, to gape: see bay 2. Word Frequency. abash in American English. (əˈbæʃ) transitive verb. to destroy the self-confidence, poise, or self-possession of; disconcert; make ashamed or embarrassed. to abash someone by sneering.
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. [First attested from around (1150 to 1350).] "He was a man whom no check could abash." – Thomas Babington Macaulay.
Define abash. abash synonyms, abash pronunciation, abash translation, English dictionary definition of abash. tr.v. a·bashed , a·bash·ing , a·bash·es To make ashamed or uneasy; disconcert. See Synonyms at embarrass. a·bash′ment n.
abash in American English. (əˈbæʃ) transitive verb. to destroy the self-confidence, poise, or self-possession of; disconcert; make ashamed or embarrassed. to abash someone by sneering. SYNONYMS shame, discompose, embarrass. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
abash /əˈbæʃ/ vb. ( tr; usually passive) to cause to feel ill at ease, embarrassed, or confused; make ashamed. Etymology: 14th Century: via Norman French from Old French esbair to be astonished, from es- out + bair to gape, yawn. 'abash' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
abash. volume_up. UK /əˈbaʃ/ verb (with object) make (someone) feel embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed if anything was officially done or said to him, it did not abash him they have taken great delight in abashing critics. derivatives. abashment. word origin.
