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View definitions for abashment

abashment

noun as in embarrassment

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Example Sentences

The tone was puzzled rather tan harsh, yet Elsie shrank back in sudden abashment.

Mr. Garland accepted the introduction with signs of abashment, but stated his business simply.

He will tell you with pride rather than with abashment that he is an empleado—a State dependent.

A young man with a record clean enough to permit him to look an accusative world in the face without abashment, one would say.

Crimsoning, Alrek fell from his hill of scorn to the valley of abashment.

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On this page you'll find 16 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to abashment, such as: chagrin, confusion, discomfiture, discomposure, distress, and mortification.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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