The state of being abashed; embarrassment from shame.

Embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed.

simple past tense and past participle of abash

(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.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abash

Tending to abash; causing embarrassment or the loss of self-possession.

present participle of abash

plural of abashment

(obsolete) The condition of being abashed

which can be abashed