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Verb: abash  u'bash
  1. Cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
    "One would think that Owen's failure even to pick up the hammer at the bell-ringing contest would thoroughly abash him, but he laughed about it";
    - embarrass

Derived forms: abashed, abashing, abashes

Type of: discomfit, discompose, disconcert, untune, upset

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