abashed, ppl. a.
(əˈbæʃt)
Forms: 4 abayst, abaist; 4–5 abaissht, -aisscht, -assht; 5–6 abasshed; 6 abaszshed; 6– abasht, abashed; also aphetic bashed.
[abash v. + -ed.]
Put out of self-possession, stricken with surprise; confounded, discomfited, disconcerted; checked with a sense of shame, presumption, or error.
| 1340 Hampole Pr. Consc. 1431 Swa þat man suld mare drede and be abayste, Over mykel in þe world here to trayste. 1534 Ld. Berners Golden Bk. of Marc. Aurel. (1546) O iiii b, We holdyng downe our heddes abashed. 1718 Pope Iliad viii. 540 The pensive goddesses, abash'd, controll'd. 1859 Tennyson Enid 765 Enid, all abash'd she knew not why, Dared not to glance at her good mother's face. |