Dishearten is a related term of abash.
As verbs the difference between dishearten and abash
is that dishearten is to discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage while 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 [. ]
dishearten
English
Verb
(
en verb)
To discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage.
Synonyms
* (to discourage) discourage
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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