abashment
noun/əˈbæʃ.mənt/UK/əˈbæʃ.mənt/US
Etymology
From Middle English abaisshment, from Middle French abaissement (“astonishment”) alteration of esbaissement, from esbaiss + -ment. Compare French ébahissement. Equivalent to abash + -ment.
- inherited from abaisshment
Definitions
The state of feeling abashed
The state of feeling abashed; embarrassment from shame; timid shyness as from one's modesty being challenged.
- And the lorde shall smyte the with madnesse, and blyndnesse & abashment of herte.
- For her faint hart was with the frosen cold Benumbd so inly, that her wits nigh fayld, And all her sences with abashment quite were quayld.
- On my appearing her Spirits again took the Alarm. She scarce ventured a Glance toward me. I was greatly pained by the Abashment under which I saw she laboured, and I hastened to relieve myself as well as her from the Distress.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA