The titter that rippled around the room appeared to abash the boy.
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Abash
//əˈbæʃ//
Synonyms for "abash" (83 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (25)
Related words (41)
Verb(14 words)
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47 translations across 22 languages.
Azerbaijani
3 entries- qızartmaq verb (to make ashamed, to embarrass)
- utandırmaq verb (to make ashamed, to embarrass)
- xəcalət vermək verb (to make ashamed, to embarrass)
Bulgarian
2 entries- засрамвам verb (to make ashamed, to embarrass)
- смущавам verb (to make ashamed, to embarrass)
Czech
1 entries- zahanbit verb (to make ashamed, to embarrass)
Danish
2 entries- gøre forlegen verb (to make ashamed, to embarrass)
- skamme ud verb (to make ashamed, to embarrass)
Dutch
3 entries- beschamen verb (to make ashamed, to embarrass)
- in verlegenheid brengen verb (to make ashamed, to embarrass)
- van zijn stuk brengen verb (to make ashamed, to embarrass)
Finnish
4 entries- nolostua verb (obsolete: to lose self-possession; to become ashamed)
- saattaa hämille verb (to make ashamed, to embarrass)
- saattaa hämilleen verb (to make ashamed, to embarrass)
- saattaa häpeilemään verb (to make ashamed, to embarrass)
French
1 entries- confondre verb (to make ashamed, to embarrass)
German
1 entries- beschämen verb (to make ashamed, to embarrass)
Interlingua
1 entries- confunder verb (to make ashamed, to embarrass)
Italian
3 entries- confondere verb (to make ashamed, to embarrass)
- imbarazzare verb (to make ashamed, to embarrass)
- turbare verb (to make ashamed, to embarrass)
Japanese
1 entries- 狼狽させる verb (to make ashamed, to embarrass)
Lakota
1 entries- ištélyA verb (to make ashamed, to embarrass)
Macedonian
1 entries- збунува verb (to make ashamed, to embarrass)
Manx
2 entries- cur nearey (er) verb (to make ashamed, to embarrass)
- nearee verb (to make ashamed, to embarrass)
Norwegian
1 entries- gjøre skamfull verb (to make ashamed, to embarrass)
Polish
2 entries- speszyć verb (to make ashamed, to embarrass)
- zawstydzać verb (to make ashamed, to embarrass)
Portuguese
2 entries- confundir verb (to make ashamed, to embarrass)
- envergonhar verb (to make ashamed, to embarrass)
Russian
4 entries- конфу́зить verb (to make ashamed, to embarrass)
- приводи́ть в замеша́тельство verb (to make ashamed, to embarrass)
- прийти́ в замеша́тельство verb (obsolete: to lose self-possession; to become ashamed)
- сконфу́зиться verb (obsolete: to lose self-possession; to become ashamed)
Samoan
1 entries- fa'ama verb (to make ashamed, to embarrass)
Spanish
3 entries- abochornar verb (to make ashamed, to embarrass)
- avergonzar verb (to make ashamed, to embarrass)
- confundir verb (to make ashamed, to embarrass)
Turkish
2 entries- mahcup etmek verb (to make ashamed, to embarrass)
- utandırmak verb (to make ashamed, to embarrass)
Ukrainian
4 entries- бентежити verb (to make ashamed, to embarrass)
- збентежити verb (to make ashamed, to embarrass)
- присоромити verb (to make ashamed, to embarrass)
- соромити verb (to make ashamed, to embarrass)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
He was a man whom no check could abash
Source: wiktionary
The stare seemed to abash Poirot.
Source: wiktionary
[...] as King Uther lay by his queen, he asked her, by the faith she owed to him, whose was the body; then she sore abashed to give answer.
Source: wiktionary
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