ABASH
Dictionary entry overview: What does abash mean? • ABASH (verb)
The verb ABASH has 1 sense:
1. cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
Familiarity information: ABASH used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ABASH (verb)
Meaning:
Cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
abash; embarrass
Hypernyms (to "abash" is one way to...):
discomfit; discompose; disconcert; untune; upset (cause to lose one's composure)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "abash"):
confuse; disconcert; flurry; put off (cause to feel embarrassment)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence examples:
The bad news will abash him
The good news will abash her
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