abash
verb
[ əˈbaʃ ]
• make (someone) feel embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed.
• "if anything was officially done or said to him, it did not abash him"
Similar:
embarrassed,
ashamed,
shamefaced,
remorseful,
mortified,
conscience-stricken,
humiliated,
humbled,
taken aback,
disconcerted,
nonplussed,
discomfited,
discomposed,
distressed,
chagrined,
perturbed,
confounded,
dismayed,
dumbfounded,
crestfallen,
sheepish,
red-faced,
blushing,
confused,
put out of countenance,
discountenanced,
floored,
Origin:
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French abaiss- ; compare with Old French esbaiss-, lengthened stem of esbair, from es- ‘utterly’ + bair ‘astound’.
