Although abash sounds like a big party or what firefighters do to get through a locked door, abash is, in fact, a verb that means you have caused another person to feel awkward, bashful, embarrassed, or ashamed.
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.
Verb
cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
v. t.
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.
Abash
Abashed, the devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is.
He was a man whom no check could abash.
Satan stood Awhile as mute, confounded what to say.
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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