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abash
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verb (abash, es)
  1. (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.
    • He was a man whom no check could abash. - Macaulay.
      1. (intransitive) (obsolete) To lose self-possession; to become ashamed.
Translations:
  • Dutch: beschamen
  • French: confondre
  • German: beschí¤men
  • Spanish: confundir
Etymology: From Old English abaissen, abaisshen, abashen, from Old French esbahir, formed from es + bair "to astonish".
  • Known cognates: French ébahir "to astonish".


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