Abash (Verb)
Meaning
Cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious.
Classification
Verbs of feeling.
Examples
- She tried not to abash him by correcting his public speaking mistakes.
- The comedian's ability to abash his fellow performers with clever jokes was unparalleled.
- The teenager felt abash at being asked to dance in front of her classmates.
- After her public outburst, she was so abash that she avoided her colleagues for days.
- The humorous remarks from her friends were intended to abash her, but she laughed it off.