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1abashed — index diffident Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2abashed — [adj] exhibiting mental discomfort, ill at ease ashamed, bewildered, bugged*, chagrined, confounded, confused, crushed, discombobulated*, disconcerted, embarrassed, fazed*, fuddled, humbled, humiliated, in a tizzy*, mortified, rattled, shamed,… …
3abashed — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed. ORIGIN from Old French esbair utterly astound …
4Abashed — Abash A*bash ([.a]*b[a^]sh ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abashed} ([.a]*b[a^]sht ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Abashing}.] [OE. abaissen, abaisshen, abashen, OF. esbahir, F. [ e]bahir, to astonish, fr. L. ex + the interjection bah, expressing astonishment. In OE …
5abashed — [[t]əbæ̱ʃt[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ If you are abashed, you feel embarrassed and ashamed. [WRITTEN] He seemed both abashed and secretly delighted at Dan s gift …
6abashed — un·abashed; un·abashed·ly; …
7abashed — abashedly /euh bash id lee/, adv. abashedness, n. /euh basht /, adj. ashamed or embarrassed; disconcerted: My clumsiness left me abashed. [1300 50; ME; see ABASH, ED2] * * * …
8abashed — adj. VERBS ▪ be, look ADVERB ▪ a little, slightly, etc. ▪ suitably ▪ He glan …
9abashed — a|bashed [əˈbæʃt] adj [not before noun] written [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: abair to surprise greatly , from esbair, from baer to have the mouth wide open ] embarrassed or ashamed because you have done something wrong or stupid ▪ She… …
10abashed — adjective (not before noun) embarrassed or ashamed because you have done something wrong or stupid: She looked rather abashed …
