abashed

[US]/ə'bæʃt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj.embarrassed; feeling uneasy; awkward

Phrases & Collocations

feeling abashed

look abashed

abashed expression

Example Sentences

I stood abashed at his rebuke.

Your kindness quite abashed me.

felt abashed at the extravagant praise;

The girl was abashed by the laughter of her classmates.

Her kindness quite abashed me.

abashed by the attention

abashed by her mistake

abashed by his own ignorance

abashed by the compliment

abashed in front of a large audience

abashed at his own clumsiness

abashed by the unexpected question

abashed by the public speaking

Real-world Examples

" I'm sorry, Mother, " Tommen said, abashed.

Source: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Feast for Crows (Bilingual Edition)

And how abashed he was, facing Ellen on the morning after.

Source: Gone with the Wind

" At Belle Watling's sporting house, " said Rhett, looking abashed.

Source: Gone with the Wind

" That frightens me...I cannot, any more..." murmured the little prince, now completely abashed.

Source: The Little Prince

I was not so easily abashed as I had been some years earlier.

Source: The Moon and Sixpence (Condensed Version)

" I didn't—" mumbled Harry, a little abashed, but Dumbledore cut across him.

Source: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Mr. Fogg said nothing;while Passepartout, abashed, kept repeating that " it wasn't worth telling" .

Source: Around the World in Eighty Days

“Ha! ” said Harry under his breath, pleased to see Draco looking both abashed and angry.

Source: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Selected Edition

Abashed, Sansa bit her lip and huddled down in silence. The rest was rowing, rowing, rowing.

Source: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Ice and Rain (Bilingual)

Amy came in hastily, and looked rather abashed when she saw her sisters all waiting for her.

Source: Little Women (Bilingual Edition)

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