abashed

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US, UK/əˈbæʃt/

adjective

Embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed.

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ashamedconfoundedconfuseddiscomfiteddiscomposeddisconcerteddiscountenanceddismayed
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Meanings

adjectiveabashed (comparative more abashed, superlative most abashed)

comparative more abashed · superlative most abashed · alternative obsolete abasht

  1. Embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed.

    The scanty garments of fig-leaves with which our abashed first parents sought to conceal their nakedness.

    1918, James George Frazer, Folk-Lore In The Old Testament, volume 1, page 5
    1 more example

    So spake the Lord Goldry Bluszco, standing in great pride and splendour beneath the starry canopy, and scowling terribly on the Ambassador from Witchland, so that the Ambassador was abashed and his knees smote together.

    1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 14

    Synonyms: ashamed, confounded, confused, discomfited, discomposed, disconcerted, discountenanced, dismayed

verb

alternative obsolete abasht

  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of abash

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveEmbarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed.

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ashamedconfoundedconfuseddiscomfiteddiscomposeddisconcerteddiscountenanceddismayeddumbfoundedembarrassedguiltyhumiliatedmortifiednonplussedout of countenanceperturbedshamefacedtaken aback

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivefeeling or caused to feel ill at ease or self-conscious or ashamed

Similar
chagrinedembarrasseddiscomposed
Also see
ashamedchagrineddiscomposedembarrassedshy

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian засрамен, смутен
  • засрамен (zasramen)embarrassed
  • смутен (smuten)embarrassed
Catalan avergonyit
  • avergonyitembarrassed
Chinese Mandarin 尴尬, 尷尬 /尴尬
  • 尴尬embarrassed
  • 尷尬 /尴尬embarrassed
  • 羞愧 (xiūkuì)embarrassed
Czech nesvůj
  • nesvůjembarrassed
Dutch beschaamd, verlegen
  • beschaamdembarrassed
  • verlegenembarrassed
  • beteuterdembarrassed
  • in verlegenheidembarrassed
  • op zijn neus kijkendembarrassed
Finnish hämillään, hämmentynyt
  • hämilläänembarrassed
  • hämmentynytembarrassed
French confus, décontenancé
  • confusembarrassed
  • décontenancéembarrassed
German beschämt, verlegen
  • beschämtembarrassed
  • verlegenembarrassed
Icelandic vandræðalegur
  • vandræðalegurembarrassed
Italian confuso, imbarazzato
  • confusoembarrassed
  • imbarazzatoembarrassed
  • turbatoembarrassed
Malay مالو, malu
  • مالوembarrassed
  • maluembarrassed
Māori koari
  • koariembarrassed
Norwegian skamfull, forlegen
  • skamfullembarrassed
  • forlegenembarrassed
  • beskjemmetembarrassed
Persian خجالت زده, شرمسار
  • خجالت زدهembarrassed
  • شرمسارembarrassed
Polish speszony, zmieszany
  • speszonyembarrassed
  • zmieszanyembarrassed
  • zawstydzonyembarrassed
Portuguese envergonhado
  • envergonhadoembarrassed
Russian сконфу́женный, смеша́вшийся
  • сконфу́женный (skonfúžennyj)embarrassed
  • смеша́вшийся (smešávšijsja)embarrassed
  • смущённый (smuščónnyj)embarrassed
  • расте́рянный (rastérjannyj)embarrassed
  • пристыжённый (pristyžónnyj)embarrassed
Spanish avergonzado
  • avergonzadoembarrassed

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with abashed

dashedmashedsmashedslashedtrashedsplashedcashedlashedunabasheduncachedgashedRashtplashedrecachedsashedyasht
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Cite this entry
APA

abashed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abashed

MLA

“abashed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abashed. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “abashed,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abashed.

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