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Abashed Moderate

Abashed has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Verb
1

simple past tense and past participle of abash

Adjective
1

feeling or caused to feel ill at ease or self-conscious or ashamed

"felt abashed at the extravagant praise"

"chagrined at the poor sales of his book"

"was embarrassed by her child's tantrums"

2

Embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed.

Example Sentences
"felt abashed at the extravagant praise" adjective
"chagrined at the poor sales of his book" adjective
"was embarrassed by her child's tantrums" adjective
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