Abashes vs Abases - What's the difference?
abashes | abases |
(abash)
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.
(obsolete) To lose self-possession; to become ashamed.
(abase)
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(archaic) To lower physically or depress; to stoop; to throw or cast down; as, to abase the eye.
To lower, as in rank, office, condition in life, so as to hurt feelings or cause pain; to depress; to humiliate; to humble; to degrade.
(obsolete) To lower in value, in particular as altering the content of alloys in coins.
As verbs the difference between abashes and abases
is that abashes is (abash) while abases is (abase).abashes
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(head)abash
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(es)- "He was a man whom no check could abash ." – .
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 MiltonSynonyms
* confuse * confound * disconcert * shame * humiliate * embarrass * See alsoAntonyms
* embolden * reassureDerived terms
* abashed * abashedly * abashedness * abashless * abashmentAnagrams
* *References
abases
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(head)abase
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(abas)- "Saying so, he abased his lance''." - ''
- "Whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased'' ." - ''Luke 14:11