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   abash

   /əˈbaʃ/

   verb

   • 1. make (someone) feel embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed: "if anything was officially done or said to him, it did not abash him"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French abaiss-; compare with Old French esbaiss-, lengthened stem of esbair, from es- ‘utterly’ + bair ‘astound’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. abashment noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

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