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Abash vs Ashame - What's the difference?

abash | ashame |

As verbs the difference between abash and ashame

is that abash is to make ashamed; to embarrass; to destroy the self-possession of, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to disconcert; to discomfit while ashame is (rare) to make ashamed; to shame.

abash

English

Verb

(es)
  • To make ashamed; to embarrass; to destroy the self-possession of, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to disconcert; to discomfit.
    • "He was a man whom no check could abash ." – .
  • (obsolete) To lose self-possession; to become ashamed.

    • Usage notes

    * Of abash, confuse, confound: Abash' is a stronger word than '''confuse''', but not so strong as ' confound . ** We are abashed'' when struck either with sudden shame or with a humbling sense of inferiority; as, Peter was ''abashed'' by the look of his Master. So a modest youth is ''abashed in the presence of those who are greatly his superiors. ** We are confused'' when, from some unexpected or startling occurrence, we lose clearness of thought and self-possession. Thus, a witness is often ''confused'' by a severe cross-examination; a timid person is apt to be ''confused in entering a room full of strangers. ** We are confounded'' when our minds are overwhelmed, as it were, by something wholly unexpected, amazing, dreadful, etc., so that we have nothing to say. Thus, a criminal is usually ''confounded at the discovery of his guilt. *::* Satan stood Awhile as mute, confounded what to say. – John Milton

    Synonyms

    * confuse * confound * disconcert * shame * humiliate * embarrass * See also

    Antonyms

    * embolden * reassure

    Derived terms

    * abashed * abashedly * abashedness * abashless * abashment

    Anagrams

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    References

    ashame

    English

    Verb

    (asham)
  • (rare) To make ashamed; to shame.
  • * 1740 , The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle , (ed.), vol 10, p. 245 (Google preview):
    • I am young Woman indifferently well brought up in the Country, and might raise my fortune considerably had I not got such a Habit of Sweating, which quite ashames me, when in Company.
  • * 1860 , , Julian Home: A Tale of College Life , p. 99 (Google preview):
    • The notice annoyed and ashamed him.
  • * 1983 , Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard) Oct 18 - Dec 1 , p. 399 (Google preview):
    • If it is one Minister who has done it he has ashamed us all and the title "Minister" will not be respected anymore.
  • * 2009 , Steve Scott, Insiders - Outsiders , ISBN 9781907172205, pp. 36-37 (Google preview):
    • They would think that I had abandoned them, that I could not handle the stress and pressure and this ashamed me immensely.
  • * 2013 Sept. 24, Sudarsan Raghavan, " Kenyan officials say Nairobi mall siege is over," Washington Post (retrieved 30 Sept 2013):
    • “As a nation, our head is bloodied but unbowed,” Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said in a televised address, declaring three days of mourning. “We have ashamed and defeated our attackers.”

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