单词 | abashed |
释义 | abashed From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishabasheda‧bashed /əˈbæʃt/ adjective [not before noun] writtenEMBARRASSEDembarrassed or ashamed because you have done something wrong or stupid SYN shamefaced She looked rather abashed.Examples from the Corpusabashed• Both girls fixed their eyes on the ground, abashed.• At Tsu Ma's toast, however, she looked down sharply, as if abashed.• He mumbled unintelligibly and looked abashed.• If so, I am not abashed.• When she came to the river the horse was standing there, head hung as if abashed.• Amazed and abashed she stole back to her chamber.Origin abashed (1300-1400) Old French abair “to surprise greatly”, from esbair, from baer “to have the mouth wide open” |
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