ABASH, ABASHED, ABASHMENT
ADJECTIVES
► ABAIST abashed; ashamed; discomfited; disconcerted → 1000
► ABASIT abashed, confounded → 1845 Sc.
► ABAWED abashed; astonished → 1450 obs.
► ALL-OVERISH feeling abashed or confused → 1899 Amer. dial.
► AW-SHUCKS abashed, shy, or self-deprecating → 1932 colloq.
► BASHED abashed, disconcerted, dismayed → 1440 obs.
► BAUCH abashed, timid, sheepish → 1871 Sc.
► CRESTFALLEN abashed, humbled, disheartened, dispirited, dejected → 1589
► CREST-SUNK abashed, humbled, disheartened, dispirited, dejected → 1618 obs.
► DASHED abashed, cast down, ashamed, bashful → 1803 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SHAMEFACED abashed, showing shame → L19
► SHAMEFAST abashed, bashful, modest → 897 obs.
NOUNS
► ABASHANCE abashment, dismay→ 1450 obs.
► ABASHEDNESS abashment→ 1530 obs.
► BASHEDNESS abashment, bashfulness→ 1440 obs.
VERBS
► BASH 1. to abash; to disconcert, to put out of countenance → 1375 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
2. to be abashed or ashamed → 1460 obs.
► COLLIE to abash, to put to silence in an argument → 1825 Sc.
► CREST-FALL to make abashed, humbled, disheartened, dispirited, or dejected → 1611 obs.
► CUT THE COMB OF to abash, to humiliate; to lower the pride of → 1814
► DARE to abash, to intimidate → 1805 Sc.
► DASH to abash, to confound, to put to shame → 1570
► DEBASH to abash → 1610 obs.
► DEFACE to abash, to put out of countenance; to outface → 1537 obs.
► HAVE THE CHEEK-ACHE to be abashed; to be made to blush → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► OVERFACE to abash or overcome especially by boldness or effrontery → 1475 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► TAKE SOMEBODY TO THE FAIR to abash an over-confident person, to disconcert → 1870 Sc.
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