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Abashed vs Bashed - What's the difference?

abashed | bashed |

As verbs the difference between abashed and bashed

is that abashed is past tense of abash while bashed is past tense of bash.

As an adjective abashed

is embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed.

abashed

English

Alternative forms

* abasht (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed.

    • Derived terms

    * abashedness

    Verb

    (head)
  • (abash)

    • bashed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (bash)

    • Anagrams

    *

    bash

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl), akin to Swedish .

    Verb

    (es)
  • To strike heavily.
  • To collide.
  • To criticize harshly.

    • Noun

    (es)
  • A large party; gala event.
    • They had a big bash to celebrate their tenth anniversary.
  • An attack that consists of placing all one's weight into a downward attack with one's fists.

    • Derived terms

    * bashment

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), (m). See (abash).

    Verb

  • To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance.
  • * Spenser
    • His countenance was bold and bashed not.
    (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

    * *

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