Thesaurus:abash

Thesaurus

abash

English

Verb

Sense: to make ashamed; to destroy the self-possession of

Synonyms

• abase
• abash
• bring low
• confuse    [⇒ thesaurus]
• confound
• debase
• degrade
• demean
• depress
• disconcert
• discomfit
• embarrass
• humble    [⇒ thesaurus]
• humiliate
• lower
• mortify
• put to shame
• shame    [⇒ thesaurus]

Antonyms

• dignify
• honor

Hyponyms

• ether (slang)
• put someone in his place (idiomatic)
• schlong
• soften someone's cough (idiomatic)
•   —
• make a fool of oneself
• make a spectacle of oneself (US)
• make an exhibition of oneself (UK)
• put one's foot in it (idiomatic)
• put one's foot in one's mouth (idiomatic)

Hypernyms

• attack    [⇒ thesaurus]
• defame    [⇒ thesaurus]
• deride    [⇒ thesaurus]
• insult
• mock    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:embarrassed
• Thesaurus:shame

Further reading

• “874. disrepute” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “879. humility” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “abash” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.