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abashed

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Thanks for all of your comments!\nI am abashed by the positive feedback, thanks again!

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Quick take

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"

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

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"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for abashed.

adjective

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"

See also: chagrined, embarrassed

Example sentences

1

Thanks for all of your comments!\nI am abashed by the positive feedback, thanks again!

2

I think history was on my side, at least in those cases, so I no longer feel abashed to walk against the crowd.

3

I am no more abashed at having been a red-hot Socialist with a panacea of my own than at having been a sucking infant.

4

However, what I wouldn't mind doing for the really abusive is grabbing a beer and cooking up something that makes them feel abashed.

5

So I am now in the abashed condition, five days after my fifty-sixth birthday, of realizing that I needn't have bothered to write several books.

6

The manager apologized and then called a few days later to apologize again.> On the phone, though, the father was somewhat abashed.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use abashed in a sentence?

Thanks for all of your comments!\nI am abashed by the positive feedback, thanks again!

What does abashed mean?

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"

What part of speech is abashed?

abashed is commonly used as adjective.