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Word: abash (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Verb:

  • intransitive obsolete To lose self-possession; to become ashamed.
  • transitive To make ashamed; to embarrass; to destroy the self-possession of; to confuse or confound, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to put to shame; to disconcert; to discomfit.

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