| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | a·bash |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -b sh |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: a·bashed, a·bash·ing, a·bash·es
To make ashamed or uneasy; disconcert. See synonyms at embarrass. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English abaishen, to lose one's composure, from Old French esbahir, esbahiss- : es-, intensive pref. (from Latin ex-; see ex–) + baer, to gape; see bay2. | | OTHER FORMS: | a·bashment —NOUN
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