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abash

/əˈbæʃ/ · verb

Meaning

  1. To make ashamed; to embarrass; to destroy the self-possession of, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to disconcert; to discomfit.
  2. To lose self-possession; to become ashamed.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

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