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Sicken vs Abash - What's the difference?

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Sicken is a related term of abash.


In lang=en terms the difference between sicken and abash

is that sicken is to become weak; to decay; to languish 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 .

As verbs the difference between sicken and abash

is that sicken is to make ill 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 .

sicken

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To make ill.
    • The infection will sicken him until amputation is needed.
  • To become ill.
    • I will sicken if I don’t get some more exercise.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • The judges that sat upon the jail, and those that attended, sickened upon it and died.
  • To fill with disgust or abhorrence.
    • His arrogant behaviour sickens me.
  • To be filled with disgust or abhorrence.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Mine eyes did sicken at the sight.
  • To become disgusting or tedious.
  • * Goldsmith
    • The toiling pleasure sickens into pain.
  • To become weak; to decay; to languish.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • All pleasures sicken , and all glories sink.

    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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