abash
Senso (Inglese)
- (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.
Concetti
mettere in imbarazzo
far vergognare
Opposto di
abet, animate, buoy, cheer, countenance, embolden, encourage, incite, inspirit, rally, reassure, uphold
sinonimi
be shy
make ashamed
put out of countenance
Traduzioni
avergonzar
confondre
beschaamd maken
confundir in verlegenheid brengen
utandırmak
verlegen machenPronunciato come (IPA)
/əˈbæʃ/
Etimologia (Inglese)
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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