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Word: Abash
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French abaiss-; compare with Old French esbaiss-, lengthened stem of esbair, from es- ‘utterly’ + bair ‘astound’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əˈbaʃ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
make (someone) feel embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed
Short Definition:make someone feel embarrassed or ashamed
Examples:- if anything was officially done or said to him, it did not abash him
- they have taken great delight in abashing critics
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