abash
To make ashamed; to embarrass; to destroy the self-possession of, as by exciting…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.
» I feel abashed at my mistake.
Ich schäme mich meines Fehlers.
Мне стыдно за свою ошибку.
Meaning
2 senses(transitive)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.
beschämen, peinlich berühren, mit Scham überziehen
смуща́тьsmuščátʹ, конфу́зитьkonfúzitʹ, приводи́ть в замеша́тельствоprivodítʹ v zamešátelʹstvo
бентежитиbentežyty, збентежитиzbentežyty, соромитиsoromyty
(intransitive, obsolete)To lose self-possession; to become ashamed.
смути́тьсяsmutítʹsja, сконфу́зитьсяskonfúzitʹsja, прийти́ в замеша́тельствоprijtí v zamešátelʹstvo
- cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
Examples
5 sentencesI feel abashed at my mistake.
ruМне стыдно за свою ошибку.
deIch schäme mich meines Fehlers.
I was abashed when my mistakes were pointed out.
deIch fühlte mich beschämt, als auf meine Fehler hingewiesen wurde.
He was not at all abashed by her open admiration.
deIhre offene Bewunderung brachte ihn kein bisschen in Verlegenheit.
The titter that rippled around the room appeared to abash the boy.
deDas Kichern, das durch den Raum ging, schien den Jungen verlegen zu machen.
Harriet looked slightly abashed.
Translations
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Origin
Attested from 1303, as Middle English abaisen, abaishen, abashen (“lose one's composure, bAttested from 1303, as Middle English abaisen, abaishen, abashen (“lose one's composure, be upset”), from the later 14th-century also transitive "to make ashamed, to perplex or embarrass"; from Anglo-Norman abaïss, from Middle French abair, abaisser (“lose one's composure, be startled, be stunned”), from Old French esbaïr, (French ébahir), from es- (“utterly”) + baïr (“to astonish”), from Medieval Latin *exbadō, from ex- (“out of”) + bado (“to gape, yawn”), an onomatopoeic word imitating a yawn, see also French badaud (“rubbernecker”).
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Forms
abashes, abashing, abashed, abashedSynonyms
29 synonyms- cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious:embarrass
Antonyms
14 antonymsWord family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle