Definitions of abashed:
part of speech: past participle
Confounded;
put
to
silence.
Usage examples for abashed:
-
"
Disgrace,"
repeated
the
Major,
gazing
sternly
back
on
his
abashed
ranks.
"The Mayor of Troy", Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
-
Awe-
stricken,
abashed
suddenly
overwhelmed
with
regret
and
shame,
the
natives
silently
drew
back .
"The Eternal Maiden", T. Everett Harré
-
I
can
remember
how
abashed
I
used
to
be
as
a
child
when
strangers
or
relatives,
visiting
us
for
the
first
time,
after
looking
the
rest
of
the
children
over,
would
ask,
pointing
to
me, "
That
is
not
your
boy-
whose
is
he?"
"My Boyhood", John Burroughs
-
Then
Sir
Gawaine
comforted
his
knights,
and
bade
them
not
to
be
abashed
for
all
shall
be
ours.
"Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume I (of II) King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table", Thomas Malory