Abashing
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Abashing is an adjective meaning Tending to abash; causing embarrassment or the loss of self-possession.
Meaning
Tending to abash; causing embarrassment or the loss of self-possession.
More Meanings
- present participle and gerund of abash
Example Sentences
But when the roaring died, there was only the silence: the awful, abashing stillness of the prison night.
Before Angus appeared, Martin had to wait a quarter-hour in a smaller, richer, still more abashing reception-room.
Why these fair girls are so stared at by the men, and the young fellows, now-a-days, have a damn’d impudent stare with them,—’tis very abashing to a woman—very distressing!
[…] many young People have by the grace of the Lord been prepared for full Communion, and have taken hold of the Covenant, confessing, that they have felt the impression of that Word upon that abashing occasion spoken:
Synonyms for abashing
Depending on context, synonyms include bewildering, disconcerting.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include embarrass, discomfiting, abased, demeaning, scundered, demissionary.
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