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ABASHMENT

Dictionary entry overview: What does abashment mean?

• ABASHMENT (noun)
The noun ABASHMENT has 1 sense:

1. feeling embarrassed due to modesty

Familiarity information: ABASHMENT used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ABASHMENT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Feeling embarrassed due to modesty

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

abashment; bashfulness

Hypernyms ("abashment" is a kind of...):

embarrassment (the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public)

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