abashed

[ uh-basht ]

adjective

1. ashamed or embarrassed; disconcerted:

   My clumsiness left me abashed.

abashed

/ əˈbæʃt /

adjective

1. ill at ease, embarrassed, or confused; ashamed

Derived Forms

• aˈbashedly, noun

Other Words From

• a·bash·ed·ly [uh, -, bash, -id-lee], adverb
• a·bashed·ness noun
• una·bashed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of abashed¹

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; abash, -ed ²

Example Sentences

I felt relieved for the character, and slightly abashed for rushing to diagnose her with a mental illness.

From The Daily Beast

When she came to power in 1978, Britain was a dreary, dreary place: dingy, funereal, abashed, scruffy, feckless.

From The Daily Beast

No; there I stood, half-astonished, half-abashed while the Marquise continued on her knees and made her silent orisons.

From Project Gutenberg

Yielding to the advice of his friends, he put on it a price the amount of which abashed him.

From Project Gutenberg

The man drew back abashed, perhaps ashamed, for his dark face flushed.

From Project Gutenberg

If possible, be not abashed by one or two errors at the first plunge—swim on till you have confidence.

From Project Gutenberg

His colleague looks abashed, like a schoolboy caught in a naughty act.

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