Definitions for abashed

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Spelling: [uh-basht]
IPA: /əˈbæʃt/

Abashed is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 163 anagrams from letters in abashed (aabdehs).

Definitions for abashed

adjective

  1. ashamed or embarrassed; disconcerted:

verb (used with object)

  1. to destroy the self-confidence, poise, or self-possession of; disconcert; make ashamed or embarrassed:

Origin of abashed

Middle English word dating back to 1300-50; See origin at abash, -ed2

Examples for abashed

When she came to power in 1978, Britain was a dreary, dreary place: dingy, funereal, abashed, scruffy, feckless.

She was abashed by the roar of laughter that followed the proposal.

The young man did not appear in the least abashed by this remark.

Mr. Blackwell, abashed and perplexed, returned to his companion.

Then he regarded his abashed but excited hearers with a steady and prolonged stare.

Let ridicule be abashed before the majesty of such characters!

For a moment it almost seemed as if her aunt were abashed at the passion of her protest.

It was a situation which might have abashed a bolder ruffian.

It humbled and abashed the man, and made him still more irresolute and uncertain.

The ruler of Tripoli was abashed by this display of American energy and valor.

Word Value for abashed
Scrable

13

Words with friends

13

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