Abashment

Quick meaning: Abashment is a noun meaning The state of feeling abashed; embarrassment from shame; timid shyness as from one's modesty being challenged.

Meaning

The state of feeling abashed; embarrassment from shame; timid shyness as from one's modesty being challenged.

Example Sentences

And the lorde shall smyte the with madnesse, and blyndnesse & abashment of herte.

For her faint hart was with the frosen cold Benumbd so inly, that her wits nigh fayld, And all her sences with abashment quite were quayld.

[…] Marc, who well knew the pangs and abashments of romantic love, recognized the emotions here as genuine and heartfelt and was encouraged.

“Did he say he would let you meet some white women if you joined the reds?” He knew that sex relations between blacks and whites were repulsive to most white men. “Nawsuh,” he said, simulating abashment.

Word Forms

• abashments

Synonyms for abashment

Depending on context, synonyms include bashfulness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bashfulness, abashedness, ashamedness, abasement, abasedness, abjectness.

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