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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

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

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

If she hoped that a frigid tone and utterance might abash her intruding questioner, they failed.

From Laramie Holds the Range by Spearman, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton)

You need not try to abash me with your jeers.

From Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story by Alcott, Louisa May




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