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abashed, ppl. a.|əˈbæʃt|
Forms: 4 abayst, abaist; 4–5 abaissht, -aisscht, -assht; 5–6 abasshed; 6 abaszshed; 6– abasht, abashed; also aphetic bashed.
[abash v. + -ed.]
Put out of self-possession, stricken with surprise; confounded, discomfited, disconcerted; checked with a sense of shame, presumption, or error.
1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 1431 Swa þat man suld mare drede and be abayste, Over mykel in þe world here to trayste. 1534Ld. Berners Golden Bk. of Marc. Aurel. (1546) O iiii b, We holdyng downe our heddes abashed. 1718Pope Iliad viii. 540 The pensive goddesses, abash'd, controll'd. 1859Tennyson Enid 765 Enid, all abash'd she knew not why, Dared not to glance at her good mother's face. |