abash
verb (used with object)
to destroy the self-confidence, poise, or self-possession of; disconcert; make ashamed or embarrassed.
abashment
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a word derived from
abash.
Example Sentences
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Some of this has to do with Bayer’s performance — she nails Joanna’s blend of arrogance and abashment with an ace sketch comic’s facility.
From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2022
He does so with such spontaneous abashment that I’d swear this had never happened to him before.
From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2019
He had taken his runway bow with Mr. Osborne with a sweet look of aw-shucks abashment, and backstage after the show seemed to still be taking it all in.
From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2014
Heywood Broun, the famous wit, remarked: " Not within our time has there been a period in which a citizen might become embroiled in a scandal with less abashment."
From Time Magazine Archive
The hostess regarded him first with disgust—then with fury—then with astonishment—then, finally, with abashment.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
