Dictionary Definition
abashed adj : feeling or caused to feel uneasy
and self-conscious; "felt abashed at the extravagant praise";
"chagrined at the poor sales of his book"; "was embarrassed by her
child's tantrums" [syn: chagrined, embarrassed]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- RP:
- /əˈbæʃt/
Adjective
- Embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed.
Translations
embarrassed
- Dutch: beschaamd
- Finnish: hämillään, hämmentynyt
- German: beschämt, verlegen
- Icelandic: vandræðalegur , vandræðaleg , vandræðalegt
- Norwegian: skamfull, forlegen
- Persian: خجالت زده, شرمسار
- Portuguese: envergonhado
- Spanish: avergonzado
Verb
abashed- past of abash
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abroad,
adrift, afflicted, agitated, ashamed, astray, at sea, beset, bewildered, blushing, bothered, cast down, chagrined, chapfallen, clueless, confused, crestfallen, crushed, discomfited, discomforted, discomposed, disconcerted, dismayed, disoriented, disquieted, distracted, distraught, distressed, disturbed, embarrassed, guessing, hangdog, humbled, humiliated, hung up, ill at
ease, in a fix, in a maze, in a pickle, in a scrape, in a stew,
lost, mazed, mortified, off the track, out
of countenance, perturbed, put-out, put-upon,
red-faced, shamed,
shamefaced, shamefast, troubled, turned around,
uncomfortable,
uneasy, upset, without a clue