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abash

[uh-bash] / əˈbæʃ /
VERB
embarrass
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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In between, the noise quotient would abash a pneumatic drill.

From Time Magazine Archive

Friends made in the Young Men's Bible Class at his uncle's church abash his rusticity, put him in touch with the spirit of the time, to Succeed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Major scenes are Ivan's coronation; his destruction of the Tartar city of Kazan; his rising from his supposed deathbed to abash those who are plotting against his son's succession.

From Time Magazine Archive

But this did not in the least abash Captain Frazier.

From Kidnapped at the Altar or, The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain by Laura Jean Libbey

"A man whom no denial, no scorn could abash."

From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald




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