Definitions for abash
əˈbæʃabash

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. embarrass, abashverb

   cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. abashverb

   To make ashamed; to embarrass; to destroy the self-possession of; to confuse or confound, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to put to shame; to disconcert; to discomfit.

   "He was a man whom no check could abash." - Thomas Babington Macaulay.

2. abashverb

   To lose self-possession; to become ashamed.

3. Etymology: * First attested in 1303.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Abashverb

   To put into confusion; to make ashamed. It generally implies a sudden impression of shame. The passive admits the particle at, sometimes of, before the causal noun.

   They heard, and were abash’d, and up they sprung
   Upon the wing. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. i. l. 331.

   This heard, th’ imperious queen sat mute with fear;
   Nor further durst incense the gloomy thunderer.
   Silence was in the court at this rebuke:
   Nor could the gods, abash’d, sustain their sovereign’s look. John Dryden, Fables.

   In no wise speak against the truth, but be abashed of the error of thy ignorance. Ecclesiasticus, iv. 25.

   I said unto her, from whence is this kid? Is it not stolen? Render it to the owners, for it is not lawful to eat any thing that is stolen. But she replied upon me, it was given for a gift, more than the wages: however, I did not believe her, but bad her render it to the owners: and I was abashed at her. Tob. ii. 13, 14.

   The little Cupids hov’ring round,
   (As pictures prove) with garlands crown’d,
   Abash’d at what they saw and heard,
   Flew off, nor ever more appear’d. Jonathan Swift, Miscellanies.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. abash

   Ablesh (Persian: آبلش, also Romanized as Āblesh; also known as Ābāsh) is a former village in Tashan-e Sharqi Rural District, Tashan District, Behbahan County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. The former villages of Ablesh, Chahardahi-ye Sohrab, Chahardahi-ye Asgar, Deh-e Ebrahim, Masiri & Toll Kohneh came together to create the city of Tashan. At the 2006 census, its population was 718, in 152 families.

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1. abash

   Abash refers to causing someone to feel embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Abashverb

   to destroy the self-possession of; to confuse or confound, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to put to shame; to disconcert; to discomfit

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Abash

   a-bash′, v.t. to confuse with shame or guilt.—pa.p. Abashed′ (with at, of an occasion; by, of a cause).—n. Abash′ment, confusion from shame. [O. Fr. esbhir (Fr. s'ébahir), pr.p. esbahiss-ant, to be amazed—L. ex, out, and interj. bah, expressive of astonishment.]

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1. abash

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Anagrams for abash »

1. Sabah

2. sabha

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of abash in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of abash in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=abash
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Abash
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=abash
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abash
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abash
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=abash
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=abash