abash
Significat (Anglès)
- (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.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To lose self-possession; to become ashamed.
Conceptes
Oposat a
abet, animate, buoy, cheer, countenance, embolden, encourage, incite, inspirit, rally, reassure, uphold
Sinònims
be shy
make ashamed
put out of countenance
Traduccions
beschämen
avergonzar
svergognare
confundir
beschaamd maken
confondre in verlegenheid brengen
utandırmakPronunciat com a (IPA)
/əˈbæʃ/
Etimologia (Anglès)
In summary
Attested from 1303, as Middle English abaisen, abaishen, abashen (“lose one's composure, be upset”), from the later 14th-century also transitive "to make ashamed, to perplex or embarrass"; from Anglo-Norman abaïss, from Middle French abair, abaisser (“lose one's composure, be startled, be stunned”), from Old French esbaïr, (French ébahir), from es- (“utterly”) + baïr (“to astonish”), from Medieval Latin *exbadō, from ex- (“out of”) + bado (“I gape, yawn”), an onomatopoeic word imitating a yawn, see also French badaud (“rubbernecker”).
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