VERB | emotion | abash, embarrass | cause to be embarrassed |
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Sounds | ahbae'sh | |
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Rhymes | Asch ... whiplash: 38 rhymes with aesh... |
Meaning | Cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Model | The bad news will abash him; The good news will abash her | |
Synonym | embarrass | |
Narrower | confuse, flurry, disconcert, put off | Cause to feel embarrassment |
Broader | upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit | Cause to lose one's composure |
Spanish | avergonzar, confundir | |
Catalan | apenar, avergonyir, confondre, torbar | |
Nouns | abashment | feeling embarrassed due to modesty |
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