Thesaurus / abash
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Rag′abash, a low fellow; Rag′amuffin, a low, disreputable person.
CHAMBERS'S TWENTIETH CENTURY DICTIONARY (PART 3 OF 4: N-R)VARIOUSNor did her presence in the least abash the boys, for they saw no impropriety in the act.
SOUTH AND SOUTH CENTRAL AFRICAH. FRANCES DAVIDSONEven the supreme solemnity of the Wafer borne through the kneeling streets cannot abash the trustful gaze of childhood.
SPANISH HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYSKATHARINE LEE BATESHow strong and pure the fire in her must be when her father's presence could not abash her from this betrayal of her love!
A MODERN INSTANCEWILLIAM DEAN HOWELLSThe young lady looked rather astonished, and not over well pleased, but this did not in any way abash Mr Glover.
RONALD MORTON, OR THE FIRE SHIPSW.H.G. KINGSTONNor was he, perhaps, without the wish in his turn to disconcert and abash the Egyptian.
THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEIIEDWARD GEORGE BULWER-LYTTONTo each he made some apt reply, for even the priestesses of Baaltis could not abash Metem.
ELISSAH. RIDER HAGGARDSo he; at whose sharp reprimand abash'd The embattled host to closer conflict moved,505 Obedient to their counsellor and King.
THE ILIAD OF HOMERHOMERThe presence of the strangers did not abash her in the least.
JACKALPHONSE DAUDETHow dost thou abash this fair company with thy mournful speech.
LONG WILLFLORENCE CONVERSESYNONYM OF THE DAY
JUNE 15, 2021
WORDS RELATED TO ABASH
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- beating
- bothering
- checkmating
- confounding
- demoralizing
- discomposing
- disconcerting
- discountenancing
- disturbing
- embarrassing
- fazing
- flustering
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- overcoming
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- preventing
- rattling
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- taking aback
- thwarting
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- foul up
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- get to
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- nonplus
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- psych out
- put off
- puzzle
- rattle
- ruffle
- take aback
- throw off balance
- trouble
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- worry
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- balking
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- demoralizing
- disarranging
- discombobulating
- discomfiting
- discomposing
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- disturbing
- embarrassing
- fazing
- flustering
- foul up
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- putting off
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- taking aback
- throwing off balance
- troubling
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- upsetting
- worrying
- checks
- chills
- controls
- curbs
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- disadvises
- discountenances
- disfavors
- disinclines
- diverts
- frightens
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- impedes
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- inhibits
- interferes
- keeps back
- obstructs
- prevents
- puts off
- quiets
- represses
- scares
- shakes
- talks out of
- throws cold water on
- turns aside
- turns off
- warns
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- abash
- affright
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- discourage
- dishearten
- disillusion
- dispirit
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- distress
- disturb
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- embarrass
- faze
- flummox
- fluster
- foul up
- frighten
- get to
- horrify
- louse up
- mess up
- muck up
- mystify
- nonplus
- paralyze
- perplex
- put off
- puzzle
- rattle
- scare
- screw up
- shake
- snafu
- take aback
- terrify
- terrorize
- throw
- throw into a tizzy
- unhinge
- unnerve
- upset
- abashed
- affrighted
- agitated
- alarmed
- appalled
- bewildered
- bothered
- chilled
- confounded
- daunted
- discomfited
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- disconcerted
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- foul up
- frightened
- got to
- horrified
- loused up
- mess up
- mucked up
- mystified
- nonplussed
- paralyzed
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- put off
- puzzled
- rattled
- scared
- screwed up
- shook
- snafued
- terrified
- terrorized
- threw
- threw into a tizzy
- took aback
- unhinged
- unnerved
- upset
- abashing
- affrighting
- agitating
- alarming
- appalling
- bewildering
- bothering
- chilling
- confounding
- daunting
- discomfiting
- discomposing
- disconcerting
- discouraging
- disheartening
- disillusioning
- dispiriting
- disquieting
- distressing
- disturbing
- dumbfounding
- embarrassing
- fazing
- flummoxing
- flustering
- foul up
- frightening
- getting to
- horrifying
- lousing up
- mess up
- mucking up
- mystifying
- nonplussing
- paralyzing
- perplexing
- putting off
- puzzling
- rattling
- scaring
- screwing up
- shaking
- snafuing
- taking aback
- terrifying
- terrorizing
- throwing
- throwing into a tizzy
- unhinging
- unnerving
- upsetting
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