Definitions from Wiktionary (abash)
▸ verb: (transitive) 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.
▸ verb: (intransitive, obsolete) To lose self-possession; to become ashamed.
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▸ verb: (transitive) 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.
▸ verb: (intransitive, obsolete) To lose self-possession; to become ashamed.
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embarrass,
confound,
imbarrass,
ashame,
discountenance,
bash,
humiliate,
put to shame,
abase,
beshame,
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