abash

Betekenis (Engels)

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.
(obsolete) To lose self-possession; to become ashamed.

beschaamd maken

beschamen

in verlegenheid brengen

verwarren

van zijn stuk brengen

opstoken

verlegen maken

dooreenhalen

in verwarring brengen

ongelegen komen

ontrieven

be shy

make ashamed

put out of countenance

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/əˈbæʃ/

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”).